The best Barbara Bates’s movies

Barbara Bates

Barbara Bates

06/08/1925- 18/03/1969
Today we present the best Barbara Bates’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 Barbara Bates’s movies.
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All About Eve

All About Eve
8.2/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 06/10/1950
  • Character: Phoebe
From the moment she glimpses her idol at the stage door, Eve Harrington is determined to take the reins of power away from the great actress Margo Channing. Eve maneuvers her way into Margo's Broadway role, becomes a sensation and even causes turmoil in the lives of Margo's director boyfriend, her playwright and his wife. Only the cynical drama critic sees through Eve, admiring her audacity and perfect pattern of deceit.

June Bride

June Bride
6.8/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 29/10/1948
  • Character: Jeanne Brinker
A magazine's staff, including bickering ex-lovers Linda and Carey, cover an Indiana wedding, which goes slightly wrong...

Cheaper by the Dozen

Cheaper by the Dozen
7/10
"Cheaper by the Dozen", based on the real-life story of the Gilbreth family, follows them from Providence, Rhode Island, to Montclair, New Jersey, and details the amusing anecdotes found in large families.

The Caddy

The Caddy
6.4/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 10/08/1953
  • Character: Lisa Anthony
Although the son of a skilled golfer and an outstanding player in his own right, Harvey Miller is too nervous to play in front of a gallery, so he acts as coach and caddy for Joe Anthony, his girlfriend's brother.

The Inspector General

The Inspector General
6.7/10
An illiterate stooge in a traveling medicine show wanders into a strange town and is picked up on a vagrancy charge. The town's corrupt officials mistake him for the inspector general whom they think is traveling in disguise. Fearing he will discover they've been pocketing tax money, they make several bungled attempts to kill him.

Quicksand

Quicksand
6.6/10
Young auto mechanic Dan Brady takes $20 from a cash register at work to go on a date with blonde femme fatale Vera Novak. Brady intends to put the money back before it is missed, but the garage's bookkeeper shows up earlier than scheduled. As Brady scrambles to cover evidence of his petty theft, he fast finds himself drawn into an ever worsening "quicksand" of crime.

Lady on a Train

Lady on a Train
6.7/10
While on a train, Nikki Collins witnesses a murder as they pass a building. When she tells the police, they think she's crazy since she can't tell exactly where the crime happened. She then enlists a popular mystery writer to help with her sleuthing.

Johnny Belinda

Johnny Belinda
7.7/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 14/09/1948
  • Character: Gracie Anderson (uncredited)
A small-town doctor helps a deaf-mute farm girl learn to communicate.

Rhapsody

Rhapsody
6.2/10
A rich, young beauty, Louise Durant, follows the man she loves and hopes to marry to Zurich where he studies violin at the conservatory. A piano student at the conservatory falls madly in love with Louise. The violinist loves his music first and Louise second. The pianist loves Louise first and his music second. Louise must ultimately choose which man she wants.

Strange Holiday

Strange Holiday
5.4/10
An American businessman returns from a hunting trip to find fascists have overrun the country in this propaganda film.

Apache Territory

Apache Territory
5.7/10
  • Genre: ActionWestern
  • Release: 01/09/1958
  • Character: Jennifer Fair
Logan Cates (Rory Calhoun) sets out to rescue a white woman captured by Apache Indians and prevent a war. On the way he is joined by a few civilians and a small band of soldiers at a water hole. They are ambushed and laid siege to by Apache. As their food and water supplies dwindle a storm arrives which enables Cates to put an escape plan into action.

Belles on Their Toes

Belles on Their Toes
6.5/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 02/05/1952
  • Character: Ernestine Gilbreth
The "Cheaper by the Dozen" crew is back, sans Clifton Webb. Lillian is struggling to make ends meet without her husband's income, while Anne, Martha, and even Ernestine find romance.

A Scandal in Paris

A Scandal in Paris
6.6/10
A smooth-talking French thief (George Sanders) wangles his way into an important position as prefect of police.

Salome, Where She Danced

Salome, Where She Danced
5.4/10
During the Austrian-Prussian war, Anna Marie is a dancer who is forced to flee her country after she is accused of being a spy. She ends up in a lawless western town in Arizona, where she uses her charms and dancing skills to transform herself into "Salome" during her dance routines.

April Showers

April Showers
6.1/10
  • Genre: Music
  • Release: 27/03/1948
  • Character: Barnes' Secretary (uncredited)
A married couple who have a song-and-dance act in vaudeville are in trouble. Their struggling act is going nowhere, they're almost broke and they have to do something to get them back on top or they'll really be in trouble. They decide to put their young son in the act in hopes of attracting some new attention. The boy turns out to be a major talent, audiences love him and the act is on its way to the top. That's when an organization whose purpose is to stop children from performing on stage shows up, and they're dead set on breaking up the act.

Town on Trial

Town on Trial
6.5/10
  • Genre: DramaMystery
  • Release: 01/08/1957
  • Character: Elizabeth Fenner
When an attractive young girl is murdered, suspicion falls on several members of the local tennis club. It falls to Police Inspector Halloran to sort out all the red herrings, and finally after a confrontation at the top of the local church spire, arrest the culprit. Another fascinating look at what life was like in Britain during the 50's.

Romance on the High Seas

Romance on the High Seas
7/10
Doris Day, in her film debut, plays Georgia Garrett, a singer sent by jealous wife Elvira Kent on an ocean cruise to masquerade as herself while she secretly stays home to catch her husband cheating. Meanwhile equally suspicious husband Michael Kent has sent a private eye on the same cruise to catch his wife cheating. Love and confusion ensues along with plenty of musical numbers.

One Last Fling

One Last Fling
4.9/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 30/06/1949
  • Character: June Payton
A jealous wife suspects the worst when her dingaling husband hires his former girlfriend for a position at his company.

The Secret of Convict Lake

The Secret of Convict Lake
6.9/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 03/08/1951
  • Character: Barbara Purcell
After a group of convicts escapes from prison, they take refuge in the wilderness. While most of the crew are ruthless sociopaths, Jim Canfield is an innocent man who was jailed under false pretenses. When Canfield and his fellow fugitives reach an isolated farming settlement where the men are all away, it creates tension with the local women. Things get more dire when rumors of hidden money arise, and Canfield discovers that the man who framed him is part of the community.

Always Together

Always Together
5.7/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 10/12/1947
  • Character: Ticket Seller (uncredited)
An old millionaire, who believes he's dying, bequeaths his fortune to a young woman with a fanatical obsession with movie stars. But then the elderly tycoon recovers from his illness and decides he wants his money back. Comedy most notable for its numerous unbilled cameos by Warner Bros. actors.

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