Blanche Payson

Acting

Blanche Payson

Born — Died

1881-09-19 — 1964-07-04

Place of birth

Santa Barbara, California, USA

Known for

Acting

Credits

60 titles

Known for

Film credits

1940s · 11 titles

The Talk of the Town poster
7.4

Hilarity ensues when a falsely accused fugitive from justice hides at the house of his childhood friend, which she has recently rented to a high-principled law teacher.

The Talk of the Town

1942

Convicted Woman poster
4.6

A reporter and a lawyer investigate a women's prison and help an inmate who does not belong there.

Convicted Woman

1940

Li'l Abner poster
6.1

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.

Li'l Abner

1940

Nice Girl? poster
6.4

Jane is a nice girl and has had her eyes on a young man who seems more interested in his hand-built car than in Jane. She decides to shed her "nice girl" image when an associate of her father comes to town on his way to study Australian Aboriginal tribes.

Nice Girl?

1941

Ghosts on the Loose poster
4.2

The East Side Kids try to fix up a house for newlyweds, but find the place next door "haunted" by mysterious men.

Ghosts on the Loose

1943

Angels Over Broadway poster
5.9

Small-time businessman Charles Engle is threatened with exposure for embezzling $3,000 for his free-spending wife. Deciding on suicide, he scribbles a note, stuffs it in his pocket and goes for one last night on the town. He is pulled into a poker game by conman Bill O'Brien and singer Nina Barone, but when they discover the dropped note, they resolve to turn the tables, get Engle his $3,000 and save his life.

Angels Over Broadway

1940

In the Navy poster
6.4

Popular crooner Russ Raymond abandons his career at its peak and joins the Navy using an alias, Tommy Halstead. However, Dorothy Roberts, a reporter, discovers his identity and follows him in the hopes of photographing him and revealing his identity to the world. Aboard the Alabama, Tommy meets up with Smoky and Pomeroy, who help hide him from Dorothy, who hatches numerous schemes in an attempt to photograph Tommy/Russ being a sailor.

In the Navy

1941

A Maid Made Mad poster
7.0

Andy innocently becomes involved with a female customer; his wife jumps to the wrong conclusion and walks out on him.

A Maid Made Mad

1943

Here Comes Mr. Zerk poster
10.0

Harry, a famous scientist, is mistaken for an escaped lunatic.

Here Comes Mr. Zerk

1943

Among the Living poster
6.1

A mentally unstable man, who has been kept in isolation for years, escapes and causes trouble for his identical twin brother.

Among the Living

1941

A Blitz on the Fritz poster
6.5

Harry is a patriotic citizen who starts a scrap drive but he soon encounters a group of Nazi spies and their hideout.

A Blitz on the Fritz

1943

1930s · 27 titles

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington poster
7.8

After the death of a United States Senator, the idealistic Jefferson Smith is appointed as his replacement in Washington. The naive and earnest new senator soon finds himself battling political corruption.

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

1939

The Women poster
7.2

A happily married woman lets her catty friends talk her into divorce when her husband strays.

The Women

1939

You Can't Take It with You poster
7.5

Alice, the only relatively normal member of the eccentric Sycamore family, falls in love with Tony Kirby, but his wealthy banker father and snobbish mother strongly disapprove of the match. When the Kirbys are invited to dinner to become better acquainted with their future in-laws, things don't turn out the way Alice had hoped.

You Can't Take It with You

1938

Our Wife poster
7.1

Oliver is making plans to marry his sweetheart Dulcy with Stan as his best man, but the plans are thwarted when Dulcy's father sees a picture of Ollie and forbids the marriage. The couple plan to elope, and run away to a Justice of the Peace. After typical Laurel and Hardy blundering, they manage to sneak the girl away from her father's house.

Our Wife

1931

War Mamas poster
8.0

During WW1, the girls become spies when they spend the evening with two German officers.

War Mamas

1931

Slander House poster
4.4

Owner of salon catering to fat society dames must deal with a dull fiance, a romantic stranger, the jealous blond who loves him, and the lecherous husband of a client.

Slander House

1938

Whirlpool poster
6.4

An ex-convict tries to connect with the daughter who doesn't even know he exists.

Whirlpool

1934

Half a Sinner poster
8.0

A con man poses as a hillbilly preacher.

Half a Sinner

1934

Jewel Robbery poster
6.5

Baroness Teri von Horhenfels deals with the tedium of her aristocratic Vienna life with a long line of lovers. Her rich husband, Franz, seems oblivious. As she's just about to end her latest affair, the baroness gets a much-needed dose of adrenaline when she becomes the target of a charismatic thief. After staging a daring robbery, he makes off with not only the baroness's ring but also her heart.

Jewel Robbery

1932

Below Zero poster
6.6

Street musicians Stan and Ollie have no success earning money in the dead of winter in a bad neighborhood. Their instruments are destroyed in an argument with a woman, but their luck seems to turn when Stan finds a wallet.

Below Zero

1930

Music Is Magic poster
5.3

An aging star finally recognizes the truth when she is replaced in her new movie by a girl from the chorus.

Music Is Magic

1935

One More Spring poster
6.2

Three people live together in the maintenance shed at Central Park as an alternative to living on the streets.

One More Spring

1935

Slippery Silks poster
7.1

The Stooges are carpenters who inherit a fancy dress boutique. They put on a fashion show with dresses they've designed based on furniture. During the show the owner of a antique box the stooges wrecked shows up and a wild cream puff fight ensues.

Slippery Silks

1936

No artwork available
10.0

The stereotype in old movies and TV shows is that the man hates his mother-in-law. Well, in "Loose Relations" it doesn't follow this convention, as Andy Clyde is actually happy that his mother-in-law is coming to stay with them and he plans on fixing up a place for her to stay. In a funny scene, when he tells his neighbors, they offer his an axe and a gun!

Loose Relations

1933

Pop Goes the Easel poster
7.3

The stooges are down and out. With a cop chasing them, they flee into an artists studio where they are mistaken for students. The cop continues to hunt for them and they use a variety of disguises and tactics to elude him. A wild clay throwing fight ends the film.

Pop Goes the Easel

1935

Red Noses poster
7.5

Thelma and Zasu go to a Turkish bath to try to get rid of a cold.

Red Noses

1932

All Over Town poster
6.4

Two vaudevillian comedians try to stage a show in a theatre that has a reputation for being being haunted.

All Over Town

1937

Blind Date poster
8.0

A young woman is torn between a wealthy suitor who wants her body and the honest young man who wants what's best for her.

Blind Date

1934

Dogs Is Dogs poster
5.9

Wheezer and Dorothy are forced to live with her evil stepmother and her brat son.

Dogs Is Dogs

1931

The Impatient Maiden poster
9.0

Med student Myron Brooks graduates and starts his internship at a hospital. He asks his sweetheart Ruth Robbins to marry him, but she refuses to until he's established his practice. Meanwhile, she goes to work as a secretary for attorney Albert Hartman, and he is so impressed with her abilities that he sets her up a place to hone her skills.

The Impatient Maiden

1932

No artwork available
10.0

Cabbie gets mixed up with gangster's wife.

Taxi Troubles

1931

Helpmates poster
7.3

Ollie's house is a mess after a wild party from the previous night. Ollie receives a telegram from his wife (who is on vacation in Chicago), which tells him that she is returning home in the afternoon. Fearing his wife's wrath he calls Stan over to help him clean up. Things go downhill and they make more mess not less.

Helpmates

1932

Wicked poster
5.5

Margot Rande, a basically decent woman, is led down the path to perdition by her bank robber husband.

Wicked

1931

Bad Boy poster
7.5

An unemployed loafer who spends his time playing pool decides he's ready to look for a job so he can secure his girlfriend's parents' approval for their marriage.

Bad Boy

1935

Drifting Souls poster
10.0

A pretty young lawyer discovers that her father needs an expensive operation to save his life. She goes to a nearby city and takes out an ad offering to marry whoever will pay her $5000, the cost of the operation. She soon finds herself involved with a newspaperman looking for a story, a drunken playboy and a con artist and his girlfriend out to fleece the playboy.

Drifting Souls

1932

A Doggone Mixup poster
7.0

Harry, who can't resist a bargain, buys a St. Bernard dog.

A Doggone Mixup

1938

Shivering and Shaking poster
6.9

Street musicians Stan and Ollie have no success earning money in the dead of winter in a bad neighborhood. Their instruments are destroyed in an argument with a woman, but their luck seems to turn when Stan finds a wallet.

Shivering and Shaking

1930

1920s · 20 titles

Three Ages poster
6.8

The rituals of courtship, romantic rivalry, and love play out three times as a man vies with a villain for the girl. In the Stone Age, the rivalry is set off by dinosaurs, a turtle used as a ouija board, and a round of golf with stones. In ancient Rome, the men display their brawn through a chariot race, using dogs instead of horses. In contemporary times, the man finds himself overcome by modernity, including a very fragile car.

Three Ages

1923

The Broadway Melody poster
5.1

The vaudeville act of Harriet and Queenie Mahoney comes to Broadway, where their friend Eddie Kerns needs them for his number in one of Francis Zanfield's shows. When Eddie meets Queenie, he soon falls in love with her—but she is already being courted by Jock Warriner, a member of New York high society. Queenie eventually recognizes that, to Jock, she is nothing more than a toy, and that Eddie is in love with her.

The Broadway Melody

1929

Oh, Doctor! poster
6.2

Rufus Billings was born premature and after a lifetime of doctors doting on his frail health he is now a hypochondriac of the first order. Now an adult Rufus has learned his late father has left him $750,000 but he won't inherit the sum for three more years. Rufus is certain he is on death's door and will never last three years so his Doctor arranges for a loan of $100,000 to pay for a live in nurse. Rufus only has to sign over his inheritance to the greedy trio of Clinch, McIntosh and Peck who along with the doctor are confident he'll live long enough to pay his debt.

Oh, Doctor!

1925

The Suitor poster
4.9

Larry having to go through a lot of trouble to get his girl. All from bomb baking cooks to high flying crashes.

The Suitor

1920

For Heaven's Sake poster
6.9

An irresponsible young millionaire changes his tune when he falls for the daughter of a downtown minister.

For Heaven's Sake

1926

His First Car poster
7.0

Al St. John buys a touring car and takes his extended family on a disastrous trip.

His First Car

1924

No artwork available
9.0

Peaceful Oscar is a 1927 Comedy short

Peaceful Oscar

1927

Figures Don't Lie poster
10.0

Figures Don't Lie is a showcase for the physical charms of lovely Esther Ralston, who in one scene proves the accuracy of the title by donning a fetching one-piece bathing suit. The main story concerns wise-guy insurance salesman Richard Arlen, who through a combination of hard work and sheer gall lands a job as sales manager. But he can't land heroine Ralston, who has remained cool to his charms ever since he tried to make a play for her on the street. A lost film.

Figures Don't Lie

1927

The Land of Jazz poster
8.0

Nina, engaged to a French captain, and Nancy, engaged to a doctor who runs an insane asylum on an island, are friends. When the doctor catches Nancy kissing the captain, known for kisses with a "heavenly kick," he breaks the engagement. In an effort to win back the doctor for Nancy, Nina pretends to be a bit "off" and becomes an inmate of the sanitarium.

The Land of Jazz

1920

When a Man's a Prince poster
8.0

The plot has Ben Turpin as the prince of a mythical country who is being forced to wed a princess not of his choosing. In 1947, an outfit headed by J.J.Balaber, called Grand International Pictures, acquired 1,300,000 feet of Mack Sennet films with the intentions of editing 26 short comedies from them. The first of these was a 13 minute short edited from "When a Man's A Prince" and released on June 18,1947 as the first of the "Americana Comedy Film Classic Series."

When a Man's a Prince

1926

No Vacancies poster
NR

Arrow comedy shot in 1921 but released 2 years later, with an ensemble cast including Jay Belasco, Blanche Payson, Billy Armstrong and Jack Duffy. The plot centers around Jack and his wife who are looking for a place to rent. But what to do when the housing situation is not exactly easy?

No Vacancies

1923

Skirts poster
8.0

Clyde is a handyman around a circus. His mother is the bearded lady in the side-show; his father is a millionaire separated from his family. Clyde is endeavoring to get the old man's fortune, with the strong man of the circus scheming to beat him to it.

Skirts

1921

Kidding Katie poster
6.0

A 1923 Christie comedy starring Babe London and Dorothy Devore. Queenie (London) has sent a picture of her sister Katie (Devore) to her pen pal as if it was her. Now that the pen pal is in love and coming to meet Queenie in person, Katie has to pretend she is a child.

Kidding Katie

1923

Kidding Katie poster
6.0

A 1923 Christie comedy starring Babe London and Dorothy Devore. Queenie (London) has sent a picture of her sister Katie (Devore) to her pen pal as if it was her. Now that the pen pal is in love and coming to meet Queenie in person, Katie has to pretend she is a child.

Kidding Katie

1923

Charley's Aunt poster
NR

Charley Wyckham and Jack Chesney pressure fellow student Fancourt Babberly to pose as Charley's Brazilian Aunt Donna Lucia. Their purpose is to have a chaperone for their amorous visits with Amy and Kitty, niece and ward of crusty Stephen Spettigue. Complications begin when Fancourt, in drag, becomes the love object of old Spettigue and Sir Francis Chesney.

Charley's Aunt

1925

No artwork available
8.0

Two competitive Scotsmen are neighbours. Trouble starts when a tax inspector announces his imminent arrival, and the Scotsmen have to stash their expensive furniture. As soon as one succeeds in hiding every last stick, the other figures out where to put his. In his neighbour's now empty house!

Are Scotchmen Tight

1929

Bringing Up Father poster
5.0

The wealthy Jiggs is tired of being left out of the swanky parties thrown by his social-climbing wife Maggie and their daughter. He decides to teach them a "lesson" by faking his own suicide, but things don't quite turn out the way he planned.

Bringing Up Father

1928

The Bachelor's Baby poster
7.0

Directed by Frank R. Strayer. With Helene Chadwick, Harry Myers, Midget Gustav, Edith Murgatroyd.

The Bachelor's Baby

1927

Crushed poster
8.0

Mr. Jones must go to the big city and get married in order to receive an inheritance, but his marriage-of-convenience turns into a nightmare.

Crushed

1924

The Kid Reporter poster
7.0

The 'secretary' of a busy newspaperman is revealed to be a cherubic small child, Baby Peggy. When a rich woman's pearl necklace is stolen, Baby Peggy's employer promises to make the reporter who cracks the case Editor-in-Chief. The little girl seizes the opportunity, and - several disguises and chases later, with the grudging aid of the office-boy - duly returns with the jewels to achieve promotion, with all the adults scurrying to serve her.

The Kid Reporter

1923