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Virginia Van Upp is a Director, Scriptwriter, Producer, Continuity and Other American born on 13 january 1902 at Chicago (USA)
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Filmography of Virginia Van Upp (26 films)
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Young and Willing (1943)
, 1h23Directed by Virginia Van Upp, Edward H. Griffith
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films based on plays
Actors William Holden, Eddie Bracken, Robert Benchley, Susan Hayward, James Brown, Martha O' Driscoll
Rating57%
Struggling young actors (three males and three females) share an apartment to make ends meet. This scenario is pretty daring considering the conservative and censorious attitudes of that period. The landlady provides a play to the actors that turns out to have been left behind long ago by a destitute, evicted tenant (Robert Benchley). That former tenant is now a successful theater producer and playwright who has recently taken a room in his old haunts to recharge his creativity and try to rewrite his first play—one that the landlady had kept when he was evicted. The young actors attempt to sell his own play to him. Complications begin when Cousin Muriel (Florence MacMichael) visits and discovers the sinful cohabitation; she tattles to her folks, who charge over to investigate and drag the daughters home. Silliness and mayhem ensue, propelled by Muriel's actions and highlighted by her unique little-girl, tattletale voice.
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Affair in Trinidad (1952)
, 1h38Directed by Vincent Sherman
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Noir, Crime, Romance
Themes Spy films, Seafaring films, Films about music and musicians, Transport films
Actors Rita Hayworth, Glenn Ford, Alexander Scourby, Valerie Bettis, Torin Thatcher, Karel Štěpánek
Roles Story
Rating65%
The film is set in Trinidad while it was still a British colony. Chris Emery (Rita Hayworth) works as a nightclub singer and dancer. One night after her performance she receives news from Inspector Smythe (Torin Thatcher) and Anderson (Howard Wendell), a member of the American consulate, that her husband Neil was found dead. She is comforted by Neil's friend Max Fabian (Alexander Scourby).
Here Comes the Groom (1951)
, 1h53Directed by Elliott Nugent, Frank Capra
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Bing Crosby, Jane Wyman, Alexis Smith, James Barton, Franchot Tone, Ethel Barrymore
Rating62%
Newspaper reporter Pete (Bing Crosby) works in a Paris orphanage. His charming way with children and music enables him to find homes for even the most troubled kids. One afternoon, Mr. and Mrs. Godfrey (Alan Reed and Minna Gombell), an American couple, come to the orphanage to adopt Bobby, a boy they saw in one of the ads Pete ran in his newspaper. Bobby misbehaves, but when Pete discovers that Mr. Godfrey plays for the Boston Symphony Orchestra, he quickly produces a young blind opera wunderkind, Theresa (Anna Maria Alberghetti), who sings her way into the Godfreys' hearts.
Gilda (1946)
, 1h50Directed by Charles Vidor
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Striptease
Actors Rita Hayworth, Glenn Ford, George Macready, Joseph Calleia, Eduardo Ciannelli, Steven Geray
Rating75%
Johnny Farrell (Glenn Ford), a small-time American gambler newly arrived in Buenos Aires, Argentina, narrates. When he wins a lot of money cheating at craps, he has to be rescued from a robbery attempt by a complete stranger, Ballin Mundson (George Macready). Mundson tells him about an illegal high-class casino, but warns him not to practice his skills there. Farrell ignores his advice, cheats at blackjack, and is taken by two men to see the casino's owner, who turns out to be Mundson. Farrell talks Mundson into hiring him and quickly gains his confidence. However, the unimpressed washroom attendant, Uncle Pio (Steven Geray), keeps calling him "Mr.
She Wouldn't Say Yes (1945)
, 1h27Directed by Alexander Hall
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Rosalind Russell, Lee Bowman, Adele Jergens, Charles Winninger, Harry Davenport, Sara Haden
Rating61%
A psychiatrist, Dr. Susan Lane, is leaving a military psychiatric hospital after spending two weeks there. Before she leaves, she encounters a patient reading a comic strip by Michael Kent. The comic's character, the Nixie, encourages people to act on their impulses by whistling in their ear. Dr. Lane explains to the patient that it's not good to act on their impulses. Colonel Brady, another psychiatrist, mentions to Dr. Lane that her confidence as a professional comes from some problem that she has repressed.
Together Again (1944)
, 1h33Directed by Charles Vidor
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Irene Dunne, Charles Boyer, Charles Coburn, Mona Freeman, Jerome Courtland, Fern Emmett
Rating66%
Anne Crandall succeeds her husband as mayor of Brookhaven, Vermont, when he dies. She takes her duties as mayor seriously, and after five years of faithful service, her father-in-law, Jonathan Crandall, begins to worry about her health and her social life since she spends most of her waking hours at the office.
The Impatient Years (1944)
, 1h31Directed by Irving Cummings
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Political films
Actors Jean Arthur, Lee Bowman, Charles Coburn, Edgar Buchanan, Charley Grapewin, Phil Brown
Rating63%
The film starts with Andy and Janie Anderson seated on opposite sides of a court room filing for a divorce. As the judge is about to render his verdict, Janie's father makes a suggestion. In an attempt to save the marriage, William suggests that the couple return to San Francisco (where they met a year and a half ago) for four days and retrace all of their steps to include getting married.
Cover Girl (1944)
, 1h47Directed by Budd Boetticher, Charles Vidor
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Rita Hayworth, Gene Kelly, Phil Silvers, Otto Kruger, Eve Arden, Lee Bowman
Roles Writer
Rating66%
Rusty (Rita Hayworth), a chorus girl working at a nightclub run by her boyfriend Danny McGuire (Gene Kelly), is given a chance for stardom by the wealthy magazine editor John Coudair (Otto Kruger), who years earlier had been in love with her grandmother, Maribelle Hicks. Offered an opportunity to be a highly paid cover girl, Rusty would faithfully remain with her nightclub act if only Danny would ask her. He doesn't want to stand in her way, so he picks an argument to send her packing. Rusty becomes a star on Broadway after appearing in a musical produced by Coudair's wealthy friend, Noel Wheaton (Lee Bowman), and decides to get married to Wheaton. At the last second she leaves the wedding and reunites with Danny.
The Crystal Ball (1943)
, 1h21Directed by Elliott Nugent
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Ray Milland, Paulette Goddard, Gladys George, Cecil Kellaway, Virginia Field, William Bendix
Rating64%
A maid, in cahoots with Madame Zenobia (Gladys George), a fake psychic, fools Jo Ainsly (Virginia Field) into believing Zenobia to be a gifted fortune teller.
Young and Willing (1943)
, 1h23Directed by Virginia Van Upp, Edward H. Griffith
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films based on plays
Actors William Holden, Eddie Bracken, Robert Benchley, Susan Hayward, James Brown, Martha O' Driscoll
Rating57%
Struggling young actors (three males and three females) share an apartment to make ends meet. This scenario is pretty daring considering the conservative and censorious attitudes of that period. The landlady provides a play to the actors that turns out to have been left behind long ago by a destitute, evicted tenant (Robert Benchley). That former tenant is now a successful theater producer and playwright who has recently taken a room in his old haunts to recharge his creativity and try to rewrite his first play—one that the landlady had kept when he was evicted. The young actors attempt to sell his own play to him. Complications begin when Cousin Muriel (Florence MacMichael) visits and discovers the sinful cohabitation; she tattles to her folks, who charge over to investigate and drag the daughters home. Silliness and mayhem ensue, propelled by Muriel's actions and highlighted by her unique little-girl, tattletale voice.
Come Live with Me (1941)
, 1h26Directed by Clarence Brown
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about immigration
Actors James Stewart, Hedy Lamarr, Ian Hunter, Donald Meek, Verree Teasdale, Barton MacLane
Roles Original Story
Rating69%
Johnny Jones (Lamarr), a native of Vienna, Austria who escaped after its annexation by Nazi Germany, is having an affair with the married Barton Kendrick (Ian Hunter), a publisher. One night an officer from the Department of Immigration finds her and tells her that she will be deported because her temporary passport expired three months ago. The investigator tells her that if she can be married within a week, she can stay.
One Night In Lisbon (1941)
, 1h37Directed by Edward H. Griffith
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Fred MacMurray, Madeleine Carroll, Patricia Morison, John Loder, Billie Burke, May Whitty
Roles Writer
Rating66%
Bahama Passage (1941)
, 1h22Directed by Edward H. Griffith
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Madeleine Carroll, Sterling Hayden, Flora Robson, Leo G. Carroll, Mary Anderson, Cecil Kellaway
Rating58%
When his father dies in an accident, Adrian Ainsworth is forced to get a replacement as head of the family salt company on an island in the Caribbean.
Virginia (1941)
, 1h50Directed by Edward H. Griffith
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Madeleine Carroll, Fred MacMurray, Sterling Hayden, Helen Broderick, Leigh Whipper, Carolyn Lee
Roles Story
Rating68%
St. Louis Blues (1939)
, 1h32Directed by Raoul Walsh
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Dorothy Lamour, Lloyd Nolan, Tito Guízar, Jerome Cowan, Jessie Ralph, William Frawley
Roles Writer
Rating62%
Parce qu'elle n'en peut plus de Broadway et de son rôle d'Aloma, la sirène en sarong des mers du Sud, la chanteuse Norma Malone cherche refuge sur le Mississippi, où elle rencontre Dave Guerney, l'imprésario d'un showboat. Norma arrive à le convaincre de lui donner un travail sur le bateau, mais il refuse de lui donner un rôle dans son show. Finalement il réalise qu'elle est une vraie chanteuse et l'intègre à sa troupe, mais son succès fait réapparaître son ancien manager. Elle réussira à rompre son contrat et à rester avec Dave, l'homme qu'elle aime.