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Adele Comandini is a Scriptwriter and Associate Producer American born on 29 april 1898
Adele Comandini est une scénariste américaine née le 29 avril 1898 à New York (État de New York) et morte le 22 juillet 1987 à Los Angeles (Californie).
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Flame of the Islands (1955)
, 1h30Directed by Edward Ludwig
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Yvonne De Carlo, Howard Duff, Zachary Scott, James Arness, Frieda Inescort, Kurt Kasznar
Roles Story
Rating57%
Rosalind Dee (DeCarlo) is a cafe singer striving to enter high society. Rosalind stumbles upon a large amount of money by lucky means. Rosalind forms a partnership with gambling-club owners Wade Evans (Zachary Scott) and Cyril Mace (Kurt Kasznar), building the establishment into a gathering place for the elite. Along the way, she attempts to rekindle a romance with randy playboy Doug Duryea (Howard Duff), but she is soon lured in by Rev. Kelly Rand (James Arness) who comes to save Rosalind from her troubles.
The Mating of Millie (1948)
, 1h27Directed by Henry Levin
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about children
Actors Glenn Ford, Evelyn Keyes, Ron Randell, Willard Parker, Jimmy Hunt, Mabel Paige
Roles Story
Rating70%
Millie McGonigle (Evelyn Keyes), is riding a bus to work when the frustrated driver, Doug Andrews (Glenn Ford), stops the vehicle and quits. As the assistant personnel director of a large department store, Millie is impressed by his independence and hands him her card.
Christmas in Connecticut (1945)
, 1h42Directed by Peter Godfrey, Peter Godfrey
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about writers, Christmas films
Actors Barbara Stanwyck, Glenn Ford, Dennis Morgan, Sydney Greenstreet, George Macready, Reginald Gardiner
Rating72%
Elizabeth Lane (Barbara Stanwyck) is a single food writer living in New York whose articles about her fictitious Connecticut farm and her husband and baby are admired by housewives across the country. Her publisher, Alexander Yardley (Sydney Greenstreet), is unaware of the charade and insists that Elizabeth host a Christmas dinner for returning war hero Jefferson Jones (Dennis Morgan). Facing a career-ending scandal for her and her editor, Dudley Beecham (Robert Shayne), she is forced to comply. In desperation, Elizabeth agrees to marry her friend John Sloan (Reginald Gardiner), who has a farm in Connecticut, even though she does not love him. She enlists the help of her friend, chef Felix Bassenak (S.Z. Sakall), who has been providing her with recipes for her articles.
Strange Illusion (1945)
, 1h27Directed by Edgar George Ulmer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Jimmy Lydon, Warren William, Sally Eilers, Regis Toomey, Charles Arnt, George Reed
Rating61%
An adolescent believes that his widowed mother's suitor may have murdered his father.
Danger Signal (1945)
, 1h18Directed by Robert Florey
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime, Romance
Themes Serial killer films
Actors Faye Emerson, Zachary Scott, Richard Erdman, Rosemary DeCamp, Bruce Bennett, Mona Freeman
Roles Ecrivain
Rating65%
A mysterious artist - and psychopath - named Ronnie Mason, steals a dead woman's wedding ring and money and leaves a fake suicide note. Her husband, Thomas Turner, when questioned by the local police, believes his dead wife might have been seeing Mason behind his back. He also believes his wife was murdered, but in the absence of other evidence, list it as a suicide and drop the case.
Always in My Heart (1942)
, 1h32Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical
Actors Kay Francis, Walter Huston, Gloria Warren, Frankie Thomas, Una O'Connor, Sidney Blackmer
Rating61%
MacKenzie Scott (Walter Huston), a brilliant musician, is falsely convicted of murder and sentenced to life. While Scott languishes in prison, his long-suffering ex-wife Marjorie (Kay Francis) raises their two children to adulthood. Out of respect for Scott, whom she still loves, Marjorie never reveals to the kids that their father is in jail, insisting instead that Scott has long since died.
Her First Romance (1940)
, 1h17Directed by Edward Dmytryk
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical theatre, Musical
Themes Musical films
Actors Edith Fellows, Margaret O'Brien, Julie Bishop, Alan Ladd, Marlo Dwyer, Ottola Nesmith
Rating60%
Beyond Tomorrow (1940)
, 1h24Directed by Lee Garmes, A. Edward Sutherland
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantastic, Fantasy, Romance
Themes Christmas films, Ghost films
Actors Harry Carey, C. Aubrey Smith, Charles Winninger, Maria Ouspenskaïa, Rod La Rocque, Helen Vinson
Roles Story
Rating64%
Engineers George Melton (Harry Carey) and Allan Chadwick (C. Aubrey Smith) work furiously to complete a design on time, even though it is Christmas Eve. Michael O'Brien (Charles Winninger), the third partner in the firm, arrives with presents for all and kindly lets their employees leave. The three old men then go home to the mansion they share with Madame Tanya (Maria Ouspenskaya), an elderly countess dispossessed by the Russian Revolution, for a dinner with prestigious guests.
Three Smart Girls (1936)
, 1h24Directed by Henry Koster
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Films based on plays
Actors Deanna Durbin, Ray Milland, Nan Grey, Barbara Read, Binnie Barnes, Ernest Cossart
Roles Story
Rating65%
En vacances en Suisse, les trois sœurs Craig apprennent le remariage prochain de leur père, divorcé de leur mère depuis plusieurs années. Cette dernière est restée fidèle à son ex-mari. Elles rentrent aussitôt à New York afin de sauver leur père des griffes de la vénale et mondaine Donna et de sa non moins vénale mère. Ce faisant, les deux sœurs ainées, Grey et Read, nourrissent de doux sentiments envers Bill Evans et le comte Michael Stuart. Les choses se compliquent lorsque Bill pense que Michael n'est pas comte et qu'il courtise Donna uniquement pour l'éloigner du père des sœurs Craig...
Jane Eyre (1934)
, 1h2Directed by Christy Cabanne
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about children
Actors Virginia Bruce, Colin Clive, Beryl Mercer, Aileen Pringle, David Torrence, Jean Darling
Roles Writer
Rating44%
A Victorian orphan secures a position as governess at Thornfield Hall. She falls in love with her employer.
Hell Bound (1931)
, 1h21Directed by Walter Lang
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Leo Carrillo, Lloyd Hughes, Ralph Ince, Lola Lane, Helene Chadwick, Richard Tucker
Roles Histoire
Rating54%
Playing Around (1930)
, 1h6Directed by Mervyn LeRoy
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Musical, Romance
Actors Alice White, Chester Morris, William Bakewell, Marion Byron, Maurice Black, Lionel Belmore
Roles Writer
Rating58%
Alice White plays the part of a working class girl who dreams about living a life of luxury. Her father, Richard Carlyle, runs a cigar store while White works as a stenographer. William Bakewell, a soda jerker, is madly in love with White and has even asked her father for his consent to their marriage. Although Carlyle likes Bakewell and would like to see her daughter marry him, White refuses to consider marrying him on the wage he currently earns. One day, White convinces Bakewell to take her to a fancy exclusive nightclub. Once they arrive and are seated, Bakewell is shocked at the prices and suggests that they go elsewhere. This leads to an argument with White. As the couple is about to leave, an announcement is made for a leg contest and White decides to enter. She wins first place and is awarded her prize by Chester Morris, a gangster. Dazzled by his fancy clothes and car, White accepts his attentions and give Bakewell the air. Eventually Morris asks White to go away with him. White naively thinks that he intends to marry her. Before they make their trip, Morris, who is low on cash, robs a cigar store and in the process shoots the man behind the counter. Without knowing it, he has shot White's father. As White and Morris are about to leave on their trip, they stop at her father's cigar store to say goodbye. As they approach they see police stationed around and Morris realizes what he has done. He convinces White to stay in the car while he checks out what happened. He talks a bit to the police and then tells White that her father is ok and that he now at the police station to help the police identify a thief. In reality, however White's father is at the hospital suffering from a gunshot wound that Morris gave him. Morris convinces White to continue on the trip with him and they drive to the train station. Bakewell, who suspects that Morris was behind the robbery, asks the police to help him entrap Morris. They manage to get Morris to unwittingly to confess to the crime before he has a chance to board the train. Morris is arrested and White's father recovers. White, chastened by the experience, agrees to marry Bakewell.
The Love Racket (1929)
, 1h14Directed by William A. Seiter
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Dorothy Mackaill, Sidney Blackmer, Myrtle Stedman, Edmund Burns, Alice Day, Clarence Burton
Rating25%
The Girl from Woolworth's (1929)
Directed by William Beaudine
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical, Romance
Actors Alice White, Gladden James, Bert Moorhouse, William Orlamond, Milla Davenport, Charles Delaney
Roles Scenario Writer
Rating58%
The Joy Girl (1927)
, 1h10Directed by Allan Dwan
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Olive Borden, Neil Hamilton, Marie Dressler, Mary Alden, Helen Chandler
Rating57%
Jewel Courage (Borden) rejects a suitor (Hamilton), whom she thinks is a chauffeur, in favor of a man she thinks is a millionaire. It transpires that the roles were, in fact, reversed; Hamilton is the millionaire and the other man a chauffeur. Jewel is crushed but manages to do well for herself in business, until she and the real millionaire find themselves reconciled.