Lois January

Acting

Lois January

Born — Died

1912-10-05 — 2006-08-07

Place of birth

McAllen, Texas, USA

Known for

Acting

Credits

36 titles

Lois January was an American actress who performed small roles in several B-movies during the 1930s. Lois also had a secondary part in the Wizard Of Oz, towards the end of the movie, holding a Siamese cat in her arms. Toto jumps out of the basket of the hot air balloon that was supposed to take him, Dorothy and the Wizard away from the Land of Oz. January's first credited role was in 1933, in the film UM-PA. Her most famous role, however, is probably as the Emerald City manicurist in The Wizard of Oz who sings to Dorothy that "we can make a dimpled smile out of a frown". Although the character was unnamed, many fans believe it to be an incarnation of novel character Jellia Jamb. During th…

Known for

My Three Sons poster
6.6

A widower and aeronautical engineer named Steven Douglas raises three sons with the help of his father-in-law, and later the boys' great-uncle. An adopted son, a stepdaughter, wives, and another generation of sons join the loving family in later seasons.

My Three Sons

1960

Marcus Welby, M.D. poster
6.6

Marcus Welby, M.D. is an American medical drama television program that aired on ABC from September 23, 1969, to July 29, 1976. It starred Robert Young as a family practitioner with a kind bedside manner and James Brolin as the younger doctor he often worked with, and was produced by David Victor and David J. O'Connell. The pilot, A Matter of Humanities, had aired as an ABC Movie of the Week on March 26, 1969.

Marcus Welby, M.D.

1969

Father Knows Best poster
6.6

Family man Jim Anderson copes with the everyday problems among his wife Margaret and their three children as they experience day-to-day changes.

Father Knows Best

1954

One Rainy Afternoon poster
5.0

Suave French actor Philippe Martin provokes a scandal when, in a darkened theater, he mistakes young Monique for his mistress, Yvonne, and tries to kiss her. Charged with assault, the quick-thinking Philippe claims it's French tradition to do as he did, and is let go. To his surprise, Philippe learns that Monique has paid his fine. As the tabloids exploit the situation, Monique dates Philippe, until a photo appears of him kissing Yvonne.

One Rainy Afternoon

1936

The Little Shepherd Of Kingdom Come poster
4.2

Director Andrew V. McLaglen's 1961 drama, based on John William Fox's novel, is the tale of a young man returning home after fighting in the Civil War. The cast includes Jimmie Rodgers, Luana Patten, Chill Wills, George Kennedy, Neil Hamilton and Morris Ankrum.

The Little Shepherd Of Kingdom Come

1961

Lightnin' Crandall poster
4.0

Cowboy with a reputation as the fastest gun in Texas heads to Arizona to leave his past behind, but it keeps catching up to him.

Lightnin' Crandall

1937

Film credits

1930s · 28 titles

One Rainy Afternoon poster
5.0

Suave French actor Philippe Martin provokes a scandal when, in a darkened theater, he mistakes young Monique for his mistress, Yvonne, and tries to kiss her. Charged with assault, the quick-thinking Philippe claims it's French tradition to do as he did, and is let go. To his surprise, Philippe learns that Monique has paid his fine. As the tabloids exploit the situation, Monique dates Philippe, until a photo appears of him kissing Yvonne.

One Rainy Afternoon

1936

Lightnin' Crandall poster
4.0

Cowboy with a reputation as the fastest gun in Texas heads to Arizona to leave his past behind, but it keeps catching up to him.

Lightnin' Crandall

1937

Uncertain Lady poster
9.0

Elliot's affair prompts his wife Doris to love millionaire Bruce. After a messy gathering, a flat tire stops Doris from chasing Bruce's departing ship, which traps Elliot and Myra on board instead, leaving Bruce free to propose to Doris ashore.

Uncertain Lady

1934

Bar-Z Bad Men poster
4.4

Jim Waters arrives at Ed Parks' ranch to find Parks' cattle herd mysteriously increased. Hamp Harvey has been losing cattle and he suspects Parks. But the culprit is Harvey's foreman Brent who gets his orders from the town's leading citizen Sig Barstell. Barstell wants Harvey's ranch and after trying to frame Harvey by killing Parks, Waters takes over and goes after both the killer and the rustlers.

Bar-Z Bad Men

1937

Arizona Bad Man poster
6.5

The daughter of a notorious cattle thief falls for a stranger at a dance. The stranger is really a lawman who is after her father.

Arizona Bad Man

1935

By Candlelight poster
5.7

Josef is valet for Count von Rommer and well-trained in his master's philandering ways. Mistaken for the Count by Marie, a maid he thinks is an aristocrat, Josef shows her a merry time at the Count's Monte Carlo villa. Meanwhile, the Count escapes a situation with Countess von Rischenheim when her count husband makes an unscheduled appearance, by posing as the butler.

By Candlelight

1933

Let’s Be Ritzy poster
10.0

Complications ensue when a young married couple pretend to be something they're not.

Let’s Be Ritzy

1934

Border Caballero poster
6.2

Tex Weaver is working under cover to bring in a gang of bank robbers. When he is killed, Tim Ross, a marksman with Doc Shaw's traveling show, takes over. Posing as a Mexican he lays a trap for the gang.

Border Caballero

1936

The Pace That Kills poster
3.1

A drug dealer on the run from the law meets an innocent young girl and her brother, and turns them into “cocaine fiends”.

The Pace That Kills

1935

Let's Talk It Over poster
10.0

A young sailor saves a woman from drowning. The woman turns out to be a rich heiress; unfortunately for the sailor, she was only pretending to be drowning so that another young man she had her eye on would save her.

Let's Talk It Over

1934

Society Fever poster
7.0

A mother starts to get worried when she finds out that some wealthy friends have been invited to dinner with her somewhat screwball family.

Society Fever

1935

Lightnin' Bill Carson poster
7.0

A lawman captures the notorious "Pecos Kid", who is tried and hanged for his crimes--then starts to have doubts as to whether the Kid actually committed the crimes.

Lightnin' Bill Carson

1936

Courage of the West poster
8.0

Rangers go after bandits holding up Wells Fargo offices.

Courage of the West

1937

Stolen Harmony poster
8.0

Band leader Jack Conrad is impressed by prison inmate Ray Ferrera on saxophone. Conrad hires Ray to join his band and tour upon his release. Ray hooks up with Jean, a dancer in the show, and the two become a successful dance act. However, when an ex-inmate buddy of Ray's robs the tour bus, Ray is suspected of wrongdoing by Jack and the others in the group. After a gang of thugs hijacks the tour bus, Ray tries to use his street smarts to redeem his reputation.

Stolen Harmony

1935

Life Returns poster
5.1

A doctor who has spent his career working on ways to revive the dead sees his chance to prove his theory by performing his procedures on a recently deceased dog.

Life Returns

1935

No artwork available
9.0

Frank Albertson's father wants his son to marry Lois January, but they really are only friends. Frank watches Lois doing a hooch dance at a secret tropical ritual, and he quickly changes his mind and falls for her fleshy charms.

Tripping Through the Tropics

1934

Too Many Women poster
8.0

College baseball player Mickey Daniels can't keep his mind on the game when he's got an eye for the ladies.

Too Many Women

1932

Moonlight on the Range poster
5.0

Tom "Killer" Dane kills Jeff's friend, who then pursues him. Jeff and Dane are look-alike half brothers, which allows Dane to make a raid dressed like Jeff. Jeff is arrested, but before Dane's henchman can organize a lynch mob, Fuzzy breaks him out and Jeff heads after Dane again.

Moonlight on the Range

1937

Rogue of the Range poster
5.0

Doran and the Sheriff have a scheme to bring in an outlaw gang. Doran is sent to prison so he and the gang leader Mitchell can break out. This gets him into the gang but he is in trouble when it's revealed he is working with the Sheriff.

Rogue of the Range

1936

Show Business poster
6.5

The girls and their pet monkey create havoc on board a train carrying a traveling Broadway troupe.

Show Business

1932

Susie's Affairs poster
6.5

Susie and her pals pretend they're society swells.

Susie's Affairs

1934

The Human Side poster
9.0

The story of a theatrical producer, his divorced wife and their four children.

The Human Side

1934

Skull and Crown poster
5.8

Rin-Tin-Tin brings the killer of his mistress to justice.

Skull and Crown

1935

The Red Rope poster
6.5

Brade has hired Rattler Haynes to kill Tom Shaw. But when Shaw intercepts a message between the two, he alters it hoping it will cause the two outlaws to fight each other.

The Red Rope

1937

School for Romance poster
4.3

Count Romansky is a newspaper columnist who specializes in romance issues. When he loses his job, he opens up a school where he instructs his pretty pupils on affairs of the heart.

School for Romance

1934

Umpa poster
4.3

Jack Osterman is smitten with a woman on a park bench, and cannot stop saying the word "Umpa" for the rest of the film, which involves his treatment by a doctor and his singing and dancing temptress nurses. Somewhere between utterly silly and consummately brilliant with its fully rhyming dialogue, "Umpa" is the catchword for that enduring urge that makes people do ludicrous things with absolute determination.

Umpa

1933

No artwork available
10.0

Two cowboys come upon a boy whose father has just been murdered. They promise to help find his killers.

The Roaming Cowboy

1937

The Trusted Outlaw poster
7.5

Dan Ward, reformed and last member of an outlaw family, meets Molly Clark in a rocky draw near town. Ted Wells, a henchman for Dan's enemy Jim Swain, attempts to shoot Dan but is outdrawn and killed by the latter. Molly disappears and Dan learns that she and Wells had ridden there together. Sheriff Bob Larimer tells Dan that Molly is in love with Bert Gilmore and tried to have him ambushed. Dan takes a risky job with mine owner Pember of getting the $10,000 payroll through to the mine. Swain suspects that Dan is carrying the payroll, but his gang is unable to stop Dan. Betty Pember disregards Dan's warning that the hills are filled with Swain's men and she starts for town. She is kidnapped by Gilmore and Molly and Dan ride to her rescue.

The Trusted Outlaw

1937

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