A private detective is hired by three men to kidnap a wealthy man’s wife in order to get a ransom, but he soon falls for her. Read More »
Tag Archives: Binnie Barnes
There’s Always Tomorrow (1934) Edward Sloman, Frank Morgan, Binnie Barnes, Lois Wilson
In the American film debut of British actress Binnie Barnes, a likeable and mild-mannered husband and father, Joseph White, begins to feel unneeded Read More »
Diamond Jim (1935) A. Edward Sutherland, Edward Arnold, Jean Arthur, Binnie Barnes
The story of legendary gambler Diamond Jim Brady and his romance with entertainer Lillian Russell. Read More »
Small Town Girl (1936) William A. Wellman, Robert Z. Leonard, Janet Gaynor, Robert Taylor, Binnie Barnes
Kay is a girl living in a small rural town whose life is just too dull and repetitious to bear. Read More »
The Last of the Mohicans (1936) George B. Seitz, Randolph Scott, Binnie Barnes, Henry Wilcoxon
In the year 1756, Fort William Henry on Lake George is under siege by the French and Hurons under General Montcalm. Read More »
Wife, Husband and Friend (1939) Gregory Ratoff, Loretta Young, Warner Baxter, Binnie Barnes, Comedy
Leonard Borland’s contracting business is doing badly, while his monied wife wants to pursue an operatic career. Read More »
Three Girls About Town (1941) Leigh Jason, Joan Blondell, John Howard, Binnie Barnes, Adventure, Comedy
Faith and Hope Banner, sisters, are “convention hostesses” in a hotel. A body is discovered next door as the magician’s convention is leaving and the mortician’s convention is arriving Read More »
Fire Over Africa / Malaga (1954) Richard Sale, Maureen O’Hara, Macdonald Carey, Binnie Barnes, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller
Joanna Dane, a former O.S.S. operator (forerunner of the CIA), is sent to Tangier by the American authorities to find out who is behind a powerful ring of smugglers Read More »
In Old California (1942) William C. McGann, John Wayne, Binnie Barnes, Albert Dekker, Romance, Western
Boston pharmacist Tom Craig comes to Sacramento, where he runs afoul of local political boss Britt Dawson, who exacts protection payment from the citizenry. Read More »
Rendezvous (1935) William K. Howard, Sam Wood, William Powell, Rosalind Russell, Binnie Barnes, Comedy, War
In 1917 Lt. Bill Gordon is headed for France when he meets and becomes friendly with Joel Carter, niece of the Asst. Secretary of War. Read More »
Three Smart Girls (1936) Henry Koster, Binnie Barnes, Charles Winninger, Alice Brady, Comedy, Musical, Romance
The three Craig sisters, in Switzerland with their ten-years-divorced mother, run away to New York to prevent their father from marrying calculating socialite Donna Lyons. Read More »
Sutter’s Gold (1936) James Cruze, Edward Arnold, Lee Tracy, Binnie Barnes, Western
Story of the gold strike on an immigrant’s property that started the 1849 California Gold Rush. Read More »
The Man from Down Under (1943) Robert Z. Leonard, Charles Laughton, Binnie Barnes, Richard Carlson, Drama, War
A crusty old Sargent of the Queen’s Australian army in World War I befriends a small orphaned boy and his tiny sister on the night he is to go back to Australia. Read More »
The Divorce of Lady X (1938) Tim Whelan, Merle Oberon, Laurence Olivier, Binnie Barnes, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Laurence Olivier plays Logan, a barrister who falls in love with Leslie (played by Merle Oberon), the woman he thinks his client will soon be divorcing.
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Where Angels Go Trouble Follows! (1968) James Neilson, Rosalind Russell, Stella Stevens, Binnie Barnes, Comedy
In this follow-up to “The Trouble with Angels”, the wry but wise Mother Superior of St. Francis Academy For Girls accompanies a group of nuns including modern Read More »