The best Jo Ann Sayers’s movies

Jo Ann Sayers

Jo Ann Sayers

22/10/1918- 14/11/2011
Today we present the best Jo Ann Sayers’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 Jo Ann Sayers’s movies.
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The Women

The Women
7.7/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 01/09/1939
  • Character: Debutante (uncredited)
A happily married woman lets her catty friends talk her into divorce when her husband strays.

Honolulu

Honolulu
6.5/10
Movie star Brooks Mason tries to avoid his fans and spend some weeks on vacation. When Hawaiian plantage-owner George Smith is mistaken by Mason's fans for Mason and brought to Mason's home. They decide to change their identities for a few weeks. But George Smith is mobbed by Mason's fans again on a personal appearance tour in New York, Mason falls in love to dancer Dorothy March, who also is on her way to Hawaii. Problems for Mason arise due to the fact that Smith is engaged with Cecilia Grayson, and her wealthy father believes, that Smith has double-crossed him. Mason isn't able to establish a connection with Smith in New York due to his agent's orders.

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
6.8/10
Huckleberry Finn, a rambunctious boy adventurer chafing under the bonds of civilization, escapes his humdrum world and his selfish, plotting father by sailing a raft down the Mississippi River.

The Man with Nine Lives

The Man with Nine Lives
6.5/10
Dr. Leon Kravaal develops a potential cure for cancer, which involves freezing the patient. But an experiment goes awry when authorities believe Kravaal has killed a patient. Kravaal freezes the officials, along with himself. Years later, they are discovered and revived in hopes that Kravaal can indeed complete his cure. But human greed and weakness compound to disrupt the project.

Young Dr. Kildare

Young Dr. Kildare
6.8/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 14/10/1938
  • Character: Barbara Chanler
A medical school graduate takes an internship at a big city hospital, only to be subjected to a rigorous (and sometimes embarrassing) testing of his knowledge by the hospital's top dog, Dr. Leonard Gillespie.

Within the Law

Within the Law
6.4/10
A wrongly convicted woman studies law and seeks her revenge.

Help Wanted

Help Wanted
6.3/10
  • Genre: Crime
  • Release: 10/06/1939
  • Character: Mary Daniels
Starring Tom Neal as a temporary laborer who helps bring down a mob-sponsored employment racket

Four Girls in White

Four Girls in White
6/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 27/01/1939
  • Character: Sleepy Nurse
Young Women go through Nursing School together, each with there own motivation for being there. They learn more than how to be a Nurse.

The Light of Western Stars

The Light of Western Stars
5.5/10
  • Genre: RomanceWestern
  • Release: 17/04/1940
  • Character: Madeline Hammond
A prim Eastern woman heads West and ends up in the arms of a vulgar, alcoholic ranch hand.

Fast and Loose

Fast and Loose
6.2/10
  • Genre: Mystery
  • Release: 17/02/1939
  • Character: Christina Torrent
A rare-book dealer (Robert Montgomery) and his wife (Rosalind Russell) tie murder to the theft of a Shakespeare manuscript.

Drunk Driving

Drunk Driving
6.5/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 28/10/1939
  • Character: Mrs. Jones
In this Crime Does Not Pay series entry, John Jones is an up and coming businessman who drinks too much but denies he has a problem. One day he mixes drinking and driving, and the tragic consequences hit very close to home.

Think First

Think First
6.4/10
  • Genre: Crime
  • Release: 08/09/1939
  • Character: Ruth Nolan
Episode 24 of the Crime Does Not Pay series. Margie Smith (Laraine Day) works as a waitress at a drive in restaurant. She likes to date and look nice but on her salary, she can't keep up with everyone else. However, a friend shows her that stealing is easy, cool and lets you dress like success. At first, it works out just fine, but remember--this is a Crime Does Not Pay film and you KNOW she'll soon get caught and prosecuted.

Another Romance of Celluloid: Electrical Power

Another Romance of Celluloid: Electrical Power
5.7/10
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 31/12/1938
  • Character: Herself
This short begins at Boulder Dam (now Hoover Dam). The electricity generated here by the Colorado River is sent to Hollywood, where movie studios need it to make movies. After a tour of the MGM studios' power plants, we see short advertisements for upcoming MGM releases.

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