Acting

Maxine Semon

Acting credits

Bedknobs and Broomsticks poster
7.0

Three children evacuated from London during World War II are forced to stay with an eccentric spinster. The children's initial fears disappear when they find out she is in fact a trainee witch.

Bedknobs and Broomsticks

1971

The Gangster poster
5.2

Based on the novel Low Company. One of the most peculiar film noirs of the 1940s stars Barry Sullivan as a small-time hood who suffers a mental breakdown as his big plans begin to crumble. Beautiful Belita is his singer girlfriend who only fuels his paranoia.

The Gangster

1947

The Opposite Sex poster
5.4

Former radio singer Kay learns from her gossipy friends that her husband, Steve, has had an affair with chorus girl Crystal. Devastated, Kay tries to ignore the information, but when Crystal performs one of her musical numbers at a charity benefit, she breaks down and goes to Reno to file for divorce. However, when she hears that gold-digging Crystal is making Steve unhappy, Kay resolves to get her husband back. The Opposite Sex is a remake of the 1939 comedy The Women.

The Opposite Sex

1956

Two O'Clock Courage poster
6.3

A cab driver nearly hits a man with amnesia, then helps him unravel his past, only to discover he's a murder suspect as she falls for him.

Two O'Clock Courage

1945

No artwork available
8.0

Leon (Leon Errol) wants to spend quiet evenings at home but his wife, Dorothy (Dorothy Granger) wants to go dancing. Leon's twin brother berates him for not taking his wife out, so Leon aks her out but she thinks it is his twin that takes her. Leon carries out the deception and this leads to the usual Errol complications.

Let's Go Stepping

The Falcon in San Francisco poster
6.2

While on vacation, the Falcon is arrested for kidnapping after striking up a friendship with a girl whose nurse has been recently murdered.

The Falcon in San Francisco

1945

Dragnet poster
7.3

Scotland Yard Inspector Geoffrey James comes to the United States looking for a band of international gem-thieves who have smuggled a rich load of jewels from England to America via a trans-ocean airline. Anne Hogan, an airline hostess, aids him in his quest.

Dragnet

1947

No artwork available
9.0

Edgar is so anxious to get brother out of the house that when a prospective fiancée arrives on the scene, Edgar reluctantly pays for an engagement ring.

Feather Your Nest

1944

Father Takes the Air poster
6.5

In the fifth and final movie in Monogram's "Father" series, Henry Latham and Mayor Colton dream of reliving their WWI flying careers, leading to an increasingly antagonistic competition.

Father Takes the Air

1951

Father's Wild Game poster
8.0

The fourth entry in Monogram's "Father" series. Henry Latham decides he'll save money by hunting for his meat rather than buying it from the store.

Father's Wild Game

1950

A Sporting Chance poster
10.0

After the death of shipping magnate William Reardon, his young partner, Steve Walker, becomes executor and manager of his shipyards, in accordance with his will. Reardon's spoiled niece, society girl Pamela Herrick, will inherit her uncle's entire estate on condition that she hold a job at the shipyards for a year on her own merit. Steve is to be the sole judge of her actions and decide whether she will receive her inheritance.

A Sporting Chance

1945

Campus Honeymoon poster
7.0

Bob Watson and Ricky Adams, and the Hughes twins, Skipper and Patricia, cannot register at Opalocka University until they find lodgings in the school's overcrowded quarters. They pretend they are married to get the last two units in the married veteran's housing project, with the girls in one unit and the boys in the other. A noisy kid, Junior Ormsbee, the nephew of the landlords, voices his suspicions and nearly gets them evicted. And a U.S. Senator, investigating veteran's projects, adds new complications.

Campus Honeymoon

1948

No artwork available
7.0

Edgar's landlord wants to sell the house Edgar is renting. He has to come up with the money in two weeks or the landlord will sell it out from under him.

It's Your Move

1945

Jack Benny Christmas Shopping Show poster
NR

Jack is determined to finish his Christmas shopping in one visit and tortures a wallet salesman with constant changes to his order. Meanwhile, Dennis is having difficulty finding the right present for his mother.

Jack Benny Christmas Shopping Show

1957