The best Marie Blake’s movies

Marie Blake

Marie Blake

21/08/1895- 14/01/1978
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The Snake Pit

The Snake Pit
7.6/10
  • Genre: DramaMystery
  • Release: 04/11/1948
  • Character: Asylum Patient
Virginia Cunningham is confused upon finding herself in a mental hospital, with no memory of her arrival at the institution. Tormented by delusions and unable to even recognize her husband, Robert, she is treated by Dr. Mark Kik, who is determined to get to the root of her mental illness. As her treatment progresses, flashbacks depict events in Virginia's life that may have contributed to her instability.

I Married a Witch

I Married a Witch
7.1/10
Rocksford, New England, 1672. Puritan witch hunter Jonathan Wooley is cursed after burning a witch at the stake: his descendants will never find happiness in their marriages. At present, politician Wallace Wooley, who is running for state governor, is about to marry his sponsor's daughter.

The Women

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

They Drive by Night

They Drive by Night
7.2/10
Joe and Paul Fabrini are Wildcat, or independent, truck drivers who have their own small one-truck business. The Fabrini boys constantly battle distributors, rivals and loan collectors, while trying to make a success of their transport company.

The Major and the Minor

The Major and the Minor
7.4/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 16/09/1942
  • Character: Bertha (uncredited)
Susan Applegate, tired of New York after one year and twenty-five jobs, decides to return to her home town. Discovering she hasn't enough money for the train fare, Susan disguises herself as a twelve-year-old and travels for half the price. Caught out by the conductors, she hides in the compartment of Major Philip Kirby, a military school instructor who takes the "child" under his wing.

Christmas in Connecticut

Christmas in Connecticut
7.3/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 27/07/1945
  • Character: Mrs. Wright
Journalist Elizabeth Lane is one of the country's most famous food writers. In her columns, she describes herself as a hard working farm woman, taking care of her children, and being an excellent cook. But this is all lies. In reality, she is an unmarried New Yorker who can't even boil an egg. The recipes come from her good friend Felix. The owner of the magazine she works for has decided that a heroic sailor will spend his Christmas on *her* farm. Miss Lane knows that her career is over if the truth comes out, but what can she do?

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
6.3/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 05/10/1945
  • Character: Royce's Secretary (uncredited)
When two bumbling barbers act as agents for a talented but unknown singer, they stage a phony murder in order to get him a plum role.

Love Nest

Love Nest
6.2/10
Jim and Connie's postwar New York building troubles keep Jim from working on his novel. Ex-WAC from Jim's army days Roberta moves in, further upsetting Connie but pleasing Jim's friend Ed. Tenant Charley, who marries tenant Eadie, loans money to Jim to help him keep the building, money which this Casanova obtains from rich widows.

Small Town Girl

Small Town Girl
6.3/10
  • Genre: MusicRomance
  • Release: 10/04/1953
  • Character: Customer
Rick Belrow Livingston, in love with Broadway star Lisa, is sentenced to 30 days in jail for speeding through a small town. He persuades the judge's daughter Cindy to let him leave for one night, so that he can visit Lisa on her birthday. After that he goes on the town with Cindy and she falls in love with him. But Dr. Schemmer wants his son to become her husband.

Blue, White, and Perfect

Blue, White, and Perfect
6.5/10
In order to win back his girlfriend, Mike Shayne promises to give up his detective practice and get a job as riveter in an aircraft plant. He quickly finds himself investigating the theft of industrial diamonds from the plant's safe and, utilizing a variety of false identities, traces them first to a dress factory and later to a Hawaii-bound ocean liner. Escaping several attempts on his life, he is able to uncover a Nazi smuggling ring, but the location of the missing diamonds continues to elude him.

She Devil

She Devil
5.7/10
Biochemists give fruit-fly serum to a dying woman, with side effects.

Mannequin

Mannequin
6.6/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 21/01/1938
  • Character: Mrs. Schwartz (Uncredited)
Jessie, a young working class woman who seeks to improve her life by marrying her boyfriend, only to find out that he is no better than what she left behind.

Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case

Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case
6.1/10
In this 13th entry to the Dr. Kildare series, the medical staff of Blair General hospital are challenged with further dilemmas, not the least of which includes a prison inmate who Dr. Gillespie believes belongs instead in an insane asylum.

The Star

The Star
7/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 11/12/1952
  • Character: The Stones' Maid Annie (uncredited)
A washed-up movie queen finds romance, but continues to desire a comeback.

Love Is a Headache

Love Is a Headache
6/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 14/01/1938
  • Character: Hillier's Secretary (uncredited)
A press agent for a Broadway actress whose career is going downhill, attempts to get her some publicity by having her adopt two orphans, without her knowledge.

Gallant Sons

Gallant Sons
6.3/10
  • Genre: Mystery
  • Release: 15/11/1940
  • Character: Woman Helping to Look for Ring (uncredited)
When a teenager's father is accused of murder, the boy and his high-school classmates set out to find the real killer.

The Wife Takes a Flyer

The Wife Takes a Flyer
6.3/10
Christopher Reynolds, an American flying with the R.A.F, is shot down over German-occupied Holland and is given shelter by a Dutch family. Posing as the insane husband of the daughter of the house, Anita Wolverman, Reynolds convinces the German officer quartered there, Major Zellfritz, with the necessity for her divorce decree to be granted. After the court-hearing, Anita, goes to manage a home for retired ladies and, persuaded by Reynolds, tries to gain military information from the German Officer. When her former husband escapes from the insane-asylum his exploits are blamed on Reynolds. With the help of the old ladies and Anita, who "remarries" him, Reynolds escapes to England in a stolen German airplane.

The Ice Follies of 1939

The Ice Follies of 1939
5.2/10
  • Genre: DramaMusic
  • Release: 10/03/1939
  • Character: Effie Lane (Uncredited)
Mary and Larry are are a modestly successful skating team. Shortly after their marriage, Mary gets a picture contract, while Larry is sitting at home, out of work.

Li'l Abner

Li'l Abner
4.9/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 09/11/1940
  • Character: Miss Lulubell
Li'l Abner becomes convinced that he is going to die within twenty-four hours, so agrees to marry two different girls: Daisy Mae (who has chased him for years) and Wendy Wilecat (who rescued him from an angry mob). It is all settled at the Sadie Hawkins Day race.

From the Terrace

From the Terrace
6.7/10
Alfred Eaton, an ambitious young executive, climbs to the top of New York's financial world as his marriage crumbles. At the brink of attaining his career goals, he is forced to choose between business success, married to the beautiful, but unfaithful Mary and starting over with his true love, the much younger Natalie.

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