The best Fred Kelsey’s drama movies

Fred Kelsey

Fred Kelsey

20/08/1884- 02/09/1961
We present our ranking of the best Fred Kelsey’s movies. Do you love cinema? Or are you looking for a movie of your favorite actor to watch tonight? Surely you have some to see or that you did not know yet about Fred Kelsey.
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Mildred Pierce

Mildred Pierce
7.9/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 20/10/1945
  • Character: Bumped First Night Diner (uncredited)
After her unfaithful husband leaves her, Mildred Pierce proves she can become independent and successful. However winning the approval of her spoiled daughter proves a greater challenge.

They Died with Their Boots On

They Died with Their Boots On
7.2/10
The story follows General George Armstrong Custer's adventures from his West Point days to his death. He defies orders during the Civil War, trains the 7th Cavalry, appeases Chief Crazy Horse and later engages in bloody battle with the Sioux nation.

The Fountainhead

The Fountainhead
7/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 25/06/1949
  • Character: Old Watchman (uncredited)
An uncompromising, visionary architect struggles to maintain his integrity and individualism despite personal, professional and economic pressures to conform to popular standards.

The Flame and the Arrow

The Flame and the Arrow
6.8/10
Dardo, a Robin Hood-like figure, and his loyal followers use a Roman ruin in Medieval Lombardy as their headquarters as they conduct an insurgency against their Hessian conquerors.

Mr. Skeffington

Mr. Skeffington
7.6/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 25/05/1944
  • Character: Cop in Raid (uncredited)
A beautiful but vain woman who rejects the love of her older husband must face the loss of her youth and beauty.

Action in the North Atlantic

Action in the North Atlantic
7/10
  • Genre: DramaWar
  • Release: 12/06/1943
  • Character: Joe (uncredited)
Lieutenant Joe Rossi is 1st Officer on a Liberty Ship in a great convoy bound from Halifax to Murmansk. After German subs crushed the convoy his ship loses the convoy and is heading alone to Murmansk. In spite of attacks by German planes and subs he get the ship safely to Murmansk.

One Foot in Heaven

One Foot in Heaven
6.7/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 01/11/1941
  • Character: Train Conductor (uncredited)
Episodic look at the life of a minister and his family as they move from one parish to another.

Flamingo Road

Flamingo Road
7.1/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 30/04/1949
  • Character: Train Conductor (uncredited)
A stranded carnival dancer takes on a corrupt political boss when she marries into small-town society.

Serenade

Serenade
5.8/10
  • Genre: DramaMusicRomance
  • Release: 23/03/1956
  • Character: Opera Attendee (uncredited)
A wealthy woman discovers a vineyard worker with a beautiful operatic singing voice. She helps make him a star but then breaks his heart. He flees in misery to Mexico where he meets a sweet farm girl.

Gentleman Jim

Gentleman Jim
7.6/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 14/11/1942
  • Character: Sutro (uncredited)
As bareknuckled boxing enters the modern era, brash extrovert Jim Corbett uses new rules and dazzlingly innovative footwork to rise to the top of the top of the boxing world.

In This Our Life

In This Our Life
7.3/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 08/05/1942
  • Character: Jailer (uncredited)
A young woman dumps her fiancée and runs off with her sister's husband. They marry, settle in Baltimore, and Stanley ultimately drives Peter to drink and suicide. Stanley returns home to Richmond only to learn that her sister Roy and old flame Craig have fallen in love and plan to marry. The jealous and selfish Stanley attempts to win back Craig's affections, but her true character is revealed when, rather than take the rap herself, she attempts to pin a hit and run accident on the young black clerk who works in Craig's law office.

Bullet Scars

Bullet Scars
5.8/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 07/03/1942
  • Character: Police Chief Hansen
Dr. Steven Bishop is taken to the hideout of Frank Dillon and his gang to treat the wounded Joe Madison. Joe's nurse sister Nora Madison is also taken. Dillon tells Bishop that if Joe dies, he will be killed, but Bishop knows he will be either way. Joe dies, but Nora and Steve conceal it from Dillon and send a plea for help in a prescription that Bishop writes in Latin.

Dragnet

Dragnet
6.6/10
Two homicide detectives try to find just the facts behind a mobster's brutal murder.

My Six Convicts

My Six Convicts
6.6/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 20/03/1952
  • Character: Store Detective
A psychologist takes on the daunting task of getting into the mind of prisoners. He must gain the trust and cooperation from a group of men who have no reason to help him and who might enjoy killing him.

Old Acquaintance

Old Acquaintance
7.4/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 27/11/1943
  • Character: Train Conductor / Man at Radio Broadcast (uncredited)
Two writers, friends since childhood, fight over their books and lives.

Slave Ship

Slave Ship
6.3/10
  • Genre: AdventureDrama
  • Release: 16/06/1937
  • Character: Seaman at Auction
Action-filled drama about a ship captain, ashamed of his background in the slave trade, forced against his will to again transport human cargo.

Tell No Tales

Tell No Tales
6.5/10
  • Genre: CrimeDramaMystery
  • Release: 12/06/1939
  • Character: Policeman at School (uncredited)
A newspaper editor turns a kidnapping into the banner headlines and exclusive story that could save his publication.

O. Henry's Full House

O. Henry's Full House
7.2/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 07/08/1952
  • Character: Mr. Schultz (segment "The Gift of the Magi")
Five O. Henry stories, each separate. The primary one from the critic's acclaim was "The Cop and the Anthem". Soapy tells fellow bum Horace that he is going to get arrested so he can spend the winter in a nice jail cell. He fails. He can't even accost a woman; she turns out to be a streetwalker. The other stories are "The Clarion Call", "The Last Leaf", "The Ransom of Red Chief", and "The Gift of the Magi".

Souls for Sale

Souls for Sale
7/10
A young woman hits Hollywood, determined to become a star.

The Unfaithful

The Unfaithful
6.8/10
Christine Hunter kills an intruder and tells her husband and lawyer that it was an act of self-defense. It's later revealed that he was actually her lover and she had posed for an incriminating statue he created.

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