The best Ann Gillis’s drama movies

Ann Gillis

Ann Gillis

12/02/1927- 31/01/2018
Today we present the best Ann Gillis’s movies. If you are a great movie fan, you will surely know most of them, but we hope to discover a movie that you have not yet seen … and that you love! Let’s go there with the best Ann Gillis’s movies.
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Bambi

Bambi
7.3/10
Bambi's tale unfolds from season to season as the young prince of the forest learns about life, love, and friends.

Beau Geste

Beau Geste
7.5/10
Academy Award winners Gary Cooper and Ray Milland star along with Robert Preston in the epic adventure Beau Geste. When three brothers join the Foreign Legion to escape a troubled past, they find themselves trapped under the command of a sadistic sergeant deep in the scorching Sahara. Now the brothers must fight for their lives as they plot mutiny against tyranny and defend a desert fortress against a brutal enemy. Nominated for 2 Academy Awards, Beau Geste has been universally acclaimed by generations of critics and audiences alike as a true motion picture classic.

All This, and Heaven Too

All This, and Heaven Too
7.4/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 13/07/1940
  • Character: Emily Schuyler
When lovely and virtuous governess Henriette Deluzy comes to educate the children of the debonair Duc de Praslin, a royal subject to King Louis-Philippe and the husband of the volatile and obsessive Duchesse de Praslin, she instantly incurs the wrath of her mistress, who is insanely jealous of anyone who comes near her estranged husband. Though she saves the duchess's little son from a near-death illness and warms herself to all the children, she is nevertheless dismissed by the vengeful duchess. Meanwhile, the attraction between the duke and Henriette continues to grow, eventually leading to tragedy.

Since You Went Away

Since You Went Away
7.5/10
  • Genre: DramaRomanceWar
  • Release: 30/06/1944
  • Character: Becky Anderson - Class President (uncredited)
While husband Tim is away during World War II, Anne Hilton copes with problems on the homefront. Taking in a lodger, Colonel Smollett, to help make ends meet and dealing with shortages and rationing are minor inconveniences compared to the love affair daughter Jane and the Colonel's grandson conduct.

The Cheaters

The Cheaters
6.8/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 15/07/1945
  • Character: Angela Pidgeon
An eccentric wealthy family facing bankruptcy schemes to steal an inheritance, but an alcoholic ex-actor they take in for Christmas charity complicates their plan.

Glamour Boy

Glamour Boy
6.9/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 05/12/1941
  • Character: Brenda Lee
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.

Little Men

Little Men
5.6/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 29/11/1940
  • Character: Nan
Jo March and her husband Professor Bhaer operate the Plumfield School for poor boys. When Dan, a tough street kid, comes to the school, he wins Jo's heart despite his hard edge, and she defends him when he is falsely accused. Dan's foster father, Major Burdle, is a swindler in cahoots with another crook called Willie the Fox. When the Plumfield School becomes in danger of foreclosure, the two con men cook up a scheme to save the home.

Edison, the Man

Edison, the Man
7/10
  • Genre: DramaHistory
  • Release: 10/05/1940
  • Character: Nancy Grey
In flashback, fifty years after inventing the light bulb, an 82-year-old Edison tells his story starting at age twenty-two with his arrival in New York. He's on his way with invention of an early form of stock market ticker.

You Can't Buy Luck

You Can't Buy Luck
5.4/10
When a gambler is accused of murder, the pretty orphanage employee he loves sets out to prove him innocent of the crime.

King of Hockey

King of Hockey
5.6/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 19/12/1936
  • Character: Peggy O'Rourke
Gamblers try to pressure a star hockey player into throwing a game.

Big Town After Dark

Big Town After Dark
5.5/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 12/12/1947
  • Character: Susan Peabody LaRue (as Anne Gillis)
A crusading newspaper reporter battles big-city gambling interests.

'Neath Brooklyn Bridge

'Neath Brooklyn Bridge
5.9/10
The East Side Kids find a young girl in the apartment of a man who has just been murdered. Believing her to be innocent, they hide her in their clubhouse while they try to find the real killer. The killer, however, used a baseball bat as his murder weapon, and the bat has the fingerprints of one of the gang on it.

My Love Came Back

My Love Came Back
6.3/10
Amelia is a gifted violinist who is in danger of quitting the Brissac Academy of Music. Julius arranges to have a scholarship given to her through his employee Tony so that Julius can escort Amelia to every musical event in the city. The trouble begins when he cannot meet her one night and Tony goes in his place. Tony believes that Julius and Amelia are a couple and then son Paul thinks that Tony and Amelia are a couple as he is sending her the money. The worst part is that Amelia might leave classical music for swing music with classmates Dusty, Joy and the band.

Tough as They Come

Tough as They Come
6.4/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 05/06/1942
  • Character: Frankie Taylor
The 'Dead End Kids & Little Tough Guys' are working as collectors for a finance company, when they discover the company's illegal activities and try to stop them.

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