Florence Desmond

Acting

Florence Desmond

Born — Died

1905-05-31 — 1993-01-16

Place of birth

Islington, London, England, UK

Known for

Acting

Credits

23 titles

Known for

Your Show of Shows poster
7.2

Your Show of Shows was a live 90-minute variety show that was broadcast weekly in the United States on NBC, from February 25, 1950, until June 5, 1954, featuring Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca. Other featured performers were Carl Reiner, Howard Morris, Bill Hayes, Judy Johnson, The Hamilton Trio and the soprano Marguerite Piazza. José Ferrer made several guest appearances on the series. The series was telecast from the now-demolished International Theatre at 5 Columbus Circle and the Century Theater, now demolished, in New York. During 2002, Your Show of Shows was ranked #30 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.

Your Show of Shows

1950

Mr. Skitch poster
7.3

After losing their Missouri home during the Great Depression, the Skitch family pulls up stakes and heads west to California to begin life anew. Comedy, released in 1933.

Mr. Skitch

1933

Some Girls Do poster
5.8

A series of unexplainable accidents befall the people and companies responsible for developing the world's first supersonic airliner. A British agent is sent to investigate and with the help of another agent uncovers a plot masterminded by Carl Petersen who stands to gain eight million pounds if the aircraft is not ready by a certain date.

Some Girls Do

1969

Kicking the Moon Around poster
9.0

Kicking the Moon Around is a 1938 British musical comedy film directed by Walter Forde and starring Bert Ambrose, Evelyn Dall and Harry Richman. In an effort to discover whether his fiancee is a golddigger a millionaire's son pretends to have lost all his money. The film marked Maureen O'Hara's screen debut as she made a cameo appearance speaking one line.

Kicking the Moon Around

1938

Hollywood on Parade No. B-9 poster
NR

Jimmy Durante asks popular song writing team Mack Gordon and Harry Revel to demonstrate some of their songs. There is interplay with impersonator Florence Desmond, Ben Turpin, Rudy Vallee and many others. Sometimes this film is incorrectly labelled as A-2. In the Criteron Pictures rerelease, this has an incorrect copyright date of 1932.

Hollywood on Parade No. B-9

1934

Sally in Our Alley poster
5.0

A woman believes her boyfriend died in the First World War, but he is now looking for her

Sally in Our Alley

1931

Film credits

1930s · 18 titles

Mr. Skitch poster
7.3

After losing their Missouri home during the Great Depression, the Skitch family pulls up stakes and heads west to California to begin life anew. Comedy, released in 1933.

Mr. Skitch

1933

Kicking the Moon Around poster
9.0

Kicking the Moon Around is a 1938 British musical comedy film directed by Walter Forde and starring Bert Ambrose, Evelyn Dall and Harry Richman. In an effort to discover whether his fiancee is a golddigger a millionaire's son pretends to have lost all his money. The film marked Maureen O'Hara's screen debut as she made a cameo appearance speaking one line.

Kicking the Moon Around

1938

Hollywood on Parade No. B-9 poster
NR

Jimmy Durante asks popular song writing team Mack Gordon and Harry Revel to demonstrate some of their songs. There is interplay with impersonator Florence Desmond, Ben Turpin, Rudy Vallee and many others. Sometimes this film is incorrectly labelled as A-2. In the Criteron Pictures rerelease, this has an incorrect copyright date of 1932.

Hollywood on Parade No. B-9

1934

Sally in Our Alley poster
5.0

A woman believes her boyfriend died in the First World War, but he is now looking for her

Sally in Our Alley

1931

No artwork available
7.0

A British comedy film directed by John Rawlins

High Society

1932

Murder on the Second Floor poster
10.0

A novelist imagines the murders of his fellow tenants...

Murder on the Second Floor

1932

Radio Parade poster
9.0

Radio Parade (1933) is a variety film featuring such stars of the time as Clapham and Dwyer, Gert and Daisy, Reginald Gardiner, Florence Desmond, and Roy Fox.

Radio Parade

1933

No Limit poster
6.5

George Shuttleworth is convinced that he has the talent to win the Isle of Man TT races, despite what his neighbours back home in Wigan may think. During the trials, the brakes go on George's bike, 'The Shuttleworth Snap', which he made himself. As a result, he breaks the TT lap record, becoming an instant motor-cycling star. As the big race approaches, George soon realises that other jealous riders will stop at nothing to make sure he does not take part in the race. An early George Formby film and probably his best.

No Limit

1935

Gay Love poster
8.0

Sisters are music-hall performers. One loves the other's fiancé and decides to quit the show, but the other runs into an old flame and new relations develop.

Gay Love

1934

Keep Your Seats, Please poster
6.5

Despite being on his uppers, George is still prepared to pawn his beloved banjo in order to help his girlfriend save her niece from the orphanage. Help seems to be at hand when George is left a fortune by his old auntie, but unfortunately his inheritance is hidden inside a chair which has already been auctioned off! Can George and his chums track down his rightful due before his grasping solicitor (Alastair Sim, in an early film appearance) snatches the lot? It's hard to say, but he still finds time to perform both the title song and the classic 'When I'm Cleaning Windows'.

Keep Your Seats, Please

1936

I Am Suzanne! poster
6.6

A dancer falls in love with a puppeteer, much to the consternation of her manipulative manager. The puppeteer himself seems more interested in his puppets than in romance with her. Can she find true love?

I Am Suzanne!

1933

No artwork available
10.0

A drama film directed by Arthur Varney.

The Road to Fortune

1930

No artwork available
7.0

A gang of criminals masquerading as ghosts are eventually exposed.

The River House Ghost

1932

No artwork available
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Impromptu

1932

No artwork available
8.0

A drunken man is left by his wife but she later comes back to him when she realises how desperate he is.

The Marriage Bond

1932

Accused poster
10.0

Tony and his dance partner/wife Gaby headline a Paris musical. Tony becomes the unwilling target for the attentions of performer Yvette. She is later murdered with the dagger used by Tony and his wife in their act, and Gaby is accused of the crime.

Accused

1936

No artwork available
7.0

Two women of different social backgrounds work together in a dressmakers.

Nine Till Six

1932

No artwork available
9.0

'Shopgirl posing as film star loves porter posing as artist.' (British Film Catalogue)

My Lucky Star

1933

Series credits