5 Movies Starring Barbara Bel Geddes

I Remember Mama

I Remember Mama

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1948-03-17

Languages:

English, Norwegian, Latin, French

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

134 min

Rated:

APPROVED

IMDB Ratings:

8.3 (3657 Reviews)

Director:

George Stevens

Genres:

DramaFamily

Cast:

Writer:

DeWitt Bodeen (screen play)

John Van Druten (based upon the play "I Remember Mama" adapted by)

Kathryn Forbes (novel)

Fullplot:

The life of a Norwegian immigrant family in 1910 San Francisco centers around Mama and her detailed, pennywise household budget. We follow the Hansens' small joys, sorrows, and aspirations, with the boisterous antics of Uncle Chris as counterpoint.

Panic in the Streets

Panic in the Streets

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1950-06-12

Languages:

English, Mandarin, Greek

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

96 min

Rated:

APPROVED

IMDB Ratings:

7.3 (4665 Reviews)

Director:

Elia Kazan

Cast:

Writer:

Richard Murphy (screenplay)

Daniel Fuchs (adaptation)

Edna Anhalt (story)

Edward Anhalt (story)

Fullplot:

When a body is found in the New Orleans docks, it's pretty obvious that he died from gun shot wounds. The police surgeon notices that the man is also displaying other symptoms and Lt. Commander Clint Reed, a doctor with the U.S. Public Health Service, diagnoses a highly contagious disease, pneumonic plague. He tries to convince local officials to find everyone who may have been in contact with the dead man. The Mayor supports his efforts but many, including the police, are doubtful. Reed wants to avoid publicity so as not to panic the public. They have little information to go on - they don't know the dead man's identity - and Reed estimates they have 48 hours before disease begins to spread. With police Capt. Tom Warren going through the motions, Reed sets out to find the killers.

Fourteen Hours

Fourteen Hours

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1951-04-01

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

92 min

Rated:

APPROVED

IMDB Ratings:

7.2 (1417 Reviews)

Director:

Henry Hathaway

Cast:

Writer:

John Paxton (screenplay)

Joel Sayre (story)

Fullplot:

A young man, morally destroyed by his parents not loving him and by the fear of being not capable to make his girlfriend happy, rises on the ledge of a building with the intention of committing suicide. A policeman makes every effort to argue him out of that.

Vertigo

Vertigo

Basic Info:

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

128 min

Rated:

APPROVED

IMDB Ratings:

8.4 (221443 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Alec Coppel (screenplay)

Samuel A. Taylor (screenplay)

Pierre Boileau (novel)

Thomas Narcejac (novel)

Fullplot:

Former Police detective John "Scottie" Ferguson was asked by a friend to investigate his wife named Madeleine since he was afraid that she might attempt to kill herself due to probable insanity as she thinks that she might be possessed by a dead woman. Scottie agrees and ended up falling in love with her. Unfortunately for him, Madeleine died and he was left alone until a woman named Judy came along and things start to unfold.

The Five Pennies

The Five Pennies

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1959-08-01

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

117 min

Rated:

APPROVED

IMDB Ratings:

7.3 (1222 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Jack Rose (screenplay)

Melville Shavelson (screenplay)

Robert Smith (story)

Red Nichols (suggested by the life of)

Fullplot:

Loring "Red" Nichols is a cornet-playing country boy who goes to New York in the 1920s full of musical ambition and principles. He gets a job playing in Wil Paradise's band, but quits to pursue his dream of playing Dixieland jazz. He forms the "Five Pennies" which features his wife, Bobbie, as vocalist. At the peak of his fame, Red and Bobbie's daughter, Dorothy, develops polio. Red quits the music business to move to Los Angeles where the climate is better for Dorothy. As Dorothy becomes a young teen, she learns of her father's musical past, and he is persuaded to open a small nightclub which is failing until some noted names from his past come to help out.

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