When Catherine Terris’s career in Hollywood hits the skids, she heads back to the site of her first great triumphs…Broadway! Read More »
Tag Archives: Virginia Mayo
Great Day in the Morning (1956) Jacques Tourneur, Virginia Mayo, Robert Stack, Ruth Roman
After a card game Southerner Owen Pentecost finds himself the owner of a Denver hotel. Read More »
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947) Norman Z. McLeod, Danny Kaye, Virginia Mayo, Boris Karloff
In New York the clumsy Walter Mitty is the publisher of pulp fiction at the Pierce Publishing house owned by Bruce Pierce. Read More »
Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. (1951) Raoul Walsh, Gregory Peck, Virginia Mayo, Robert Beatty
In 1807, Captain Horatio Hornblower leads his ship the HMS Lydia on a perilous voyage around Cape Horn and into the Pacific. Read More »
Flaxy Martin (1949) Richard L. Bare, Virginia Mayo, Zachary Scott, Dorothy Malone, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery
Unscrupulous showgirl Flaxy Martin involves young attorney Walter Colby with mobster Hap Richie. Read More »
Backfire (1950) Vincent Sherman, Virginia Mayo, Gordon MacRae, Edmond O’Brien, Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Bob Corey, recovering from a series of operations in a Veterans’ hospital, learns that his friend, Steve Connelly, with whom he intended to buy a ranch Read More »
The Proud Ones (1956) Robert D. Webb, Robert Ryan, Virginia Mayo, Jeffrey Hunter, Western
Marshal Silver is run out of town under suspicion of being a trigger-happy killer after shooting a hired gun of Honest John Barrett. Read More »
Jet Over the Atlantic (1959) Byron Haskin, Guy Madison, Virginia Mayo, George Raft, Crime, Drama, Thriller
FBI man Stafford is extraditing convicted killer Brett Murphy from Spain to the USA. At the last minute, Murphy’s fiancée, entertainer Jean Gurney, finds he’s been taken and slips on the plane. Read More »
Congo Crossing (1956) Joseph Pevney, Virginia Mayo, George Nader, Peter Lorre, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Congotanga, West Africa, has no extradition laws; the government is controlled by foreign gangsters, headed by Carl Rittner. Read More »
Young Fury (1964) Christian Nyby, Rory Calhoun, Virginia Mayo, William Bendix, Western
A group of young thugs rides into the town of Dawson and take it over. When the cowardly sheriff is unable to restore control, the parents of the leader must take action. Read More »
A Song is Born (1948) Howard Hawks, Danny Kaye, Virginia Mayo, Benny Goodman, Comedy, Musical
Gangster’s moll Honey Swanson goes into hiding when her boyfriend is under investigation by the police. Read More »
Colorado Territory (1949) Raoul Walsh, Joel McCrea, Virginia Mayo, Dorothy Malone, Western
Outlaw Wes McQueen is sprung from jail to help pull one last railroad job. Read More »
Wonder Man (1945) H. Bruce Humberstone, Danny Kaye, Virginia Mayo, Vera-Ellen, Comedy, Musical, Fantasy
Boisterous nightclub entertainer Buzzy Bellew was the witness to a murder committed by gangster Ten Grand Jackson. Read More »
Red Light (1949) Roy Del Ruth, George Raft, Virginia Mayo, Gene Lockhart, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Nick Cherney, in prison for embezzling from Torno Freight Co., sees a chance to get back at Johnny Torno through his young priest brother Jess. Read More »
Always Leave Them Laughing (1949) Roy Del Ruth, Milton Berle, Virginia Mayo, Ruth Roman, Comedy, Drama
Kip Cooper, a successful comedy star, is the hit of the nation starring on his own television show. His agent, in flashback, tells a young, inexperienced comedian how Cooper rose to the top, mostly running over others on the way.
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