Pert Kelton

Acting

Pert Kelton

Born 1907-10-14 · Great Falls, Montana, USA

Pert L. Kelton (October 14, 1907[1] – October 30, 1968) was an American stage, movie, radio, and television actress.

Acting credits

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

Kelly the Second poster
7.0

A feisty Irish woman turns a truck driver into a championship boxer.

Kelly the Second

1936

The Music Man poster
7.1

Traveling con artist Harold Hill targets the naïve residents of a small town in 1910s Iowa by posing as a boys' bandleader to raise money before he can skip town.

The Music Man

1962

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

Annie Oakley poster
6.5

Awkward Annie loves her sharpshooting rival in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.

Annie Oakley

1935

The Bowery poster
5.4

"In the Gay Nineties New York had grown up into bustles and balloon Sleeves ... but The Bowery had grown younger, louder and more rowdy until it was known as the 'Livest Mile on the face of the globe' ... the cradle of men who were later to be famous.

The Bowery

1933

Bachelor Bait poster
6.5

After being fired from his job at the Marriage License Bureau, a clerk turns to matchmaking.

Bachelor Bait

1934

No artwork available
8.0

Actor Lee Tracy presides as ringmaster over a show that combines the best elements of cinema with the circus, what he calls a Cinema Circus. Tracy introduces a number of professional circus acts, plus a cavalcade of movie stars who have side shows under the open air big tent. There is as much action in the audience as Tracy identifies a number of movie stars watching the proceedings incognito, having their own fun in the stands, and sometimes interacting with the circus acts.

Cinema Circus

1937

The Comic poster
6.1

An account of the rise and fall of a silent film comic, Billy Bright. The movie begins with his funeral, as he speaks from beyond the grave in a bitter tone about his fate, and takes us through his fame, as he ruins it with womanizing and drink, and his fall, as a lonely, bitter old man unable to reconcile his life's disappointments. The movie is based loosely on the life of Buster Keaton.

The Comic

1969

Hot Curves poster
6.8

The star pitcher on the Pittsburgh ball team gets into trouble with a gold-digging groupie and his catcher helps him get back into the game.

Hot Curves

1930

Bed of Roses poster
6.1

A girl from the wrong side of the tracks is torn between true love and a life of sin.

Bed of Roses

1933

Cain and Mabel poster
6.4

A chorus girl and a heavyweight boxer are paired romantically as a publicity stunt.

Cain and Mabel

1936

Lightning Strikes Twice poster
5.3

An actress goes up to a dude ranch for relaxation, when she falls in love with a ranch owner recently acquitted of his wife's murder.

Lightning Strikes Twice

1934

Pan Handlers poster
10.0

The girls get jobs selling aluminum cookware door to door.

Pan Handlers

1936

Laughing at Trouble poster
8.0

A man convicted of murder escapes from jail and hides out in the home of a small town newspaper publisher who has befriended him. She knows who the real killer is.

Laughing at Trouble

1936

Hooray for Love poster
5.8

A wealthy young man falls hard for a beautiful showgirl, and her wily father quickly realizes the naïve boy would make the perfect investor for his daughter's new show. Comedy with music.

Hooray for Love

1935

Women of Glamour poster
5.7

A girl with a reputation falls for a wealthy playboy.

Women of Glamour

1937

Rhythm of the Saddle poster
10.0

Gene is the foreman at the ranch owned by wealthy rodeo owner Maureen. She will lose her rodeo contract unless sales improve.

Rhythm of the Saddle

1938

Sally poster
7.0

Sally is an orphan who was named by the telephone exchange where she was abandoned as a baby. In the orphanage, she discovered the joy of dancing. Working as a waitress, she serves Blair (Alexander Gray), and they both fall for each other, but Blair is engaged to socialite Marcia. Sally is hired to impersonate a famous Russian dancer named Noskerova, but at that engagement, she is found to be a phoney. Undaunted, she proceeds with her life and has a show on Broadway, but she still thinks of Blair.

Sally

1930

A Night at the Biltmore Bowl poster
8.0

Join vocalists broadcasting from the Biltmore Bowl in Los Angeles.

A Night at the Biltmore Bowl

1935

No artwork available
9.0

This Educational Mermaid Talking Comedy features a wrestling/trombone-playing Pert Kelton.

Their Wives' Vacation

1930

Mary Burns, Fugitive poster
9.0

A young woman who owns a coffee shop falls for a handsome young customer, unaware that he is a gangster.

Mary Burns, Fugitive

1935

Sing and Like It poster
5.0

While breaking into a bank safe, a gangster overhears a bank employee singing and decides to put her in a Broadway revue

Sing and Like It

1934

Sitting on the Moon poster
5.3

A successful songwriter and a struggling singer become involved professionally and romantically on the road to stardom.

Sitting on the Moon

1936