List of the best Queenie Smith movies: The Great Rupert(1950), Mississippi(1935), On Your Toes(1939), Show Boat(1936), You Can't Run Away From It(1956), My Sister Eileen(1955), When Worlds Collide(1951), Caged(1950) ... ...
Other, Comedy
USA
1950
86 Minutes
Mrs. Amendola
Jimmy Durante Terry Moore Tom Drake Queenie Smith Frank Orth Jimmy Conlin Chick Chandler Sara Haden Hugh Sanders Don Beddoe
wife mother father vaudevillian landlord daughter amusing offbeat heartwarming new york city apartment attic christmas struggle family hard times vaudeville financial windfall mystery love
A little squirrel with lots of charm accidentally helps two poor, down-but-NOT-out families overcome their obstacles.
Musical, Comedy
1935
73 Minutes
Alabam
Bing Crosby W.C. Fields Joan Bennett Queenie Smith Gail Patrick Claude Gillingwater John Miljan Jan Duggan
A singer (Bing Crosby) in love with a Southern belle (Joan Bennett) becomes the star of a commodore's (W.C. Fields) showboat.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1939
93 Minutes
Mrs. Lil Dolan
Vera Zorina Eddie Albert Alan Hale Leonid Kinskey Frank McHugh James Gleason Gloria Dickson Queenie Smith Erik Rhodes Berton Churchill
composer ballerina director partner patroness hit man amusing lighthearted new york city university hotel bar theater music ballet vaudeville jealousy assassination quest rise
A young hoofer quits vaudeville to become a composer and hooks up with a Russian ballet troupe.
Musical
USA
1936
113 Minutes
Ellie May Chipley
Irene Dunne Allan Jones Charles Winninger Helen Westley Paul Robeson Helen Morgan Donald Cook Sammy White Queenie Smith J. Farrell MacDonald Arthur Hohl
singer gambler actress actor father daughter spectacular emotional melodramatic river boat chicago nightclub theater mississippi show business interracial romance racism love marriage
Despite her mother's objections, the naive young daughter of a show boat captain is thrust into the limelight as the company's new leading lady.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1956
95 Minutes
Elderly Lady
June Allyson Jack Lemmon Charles Bickford Paul Gilbert Jim Backus Stubby Kaye Howard McNear Elvia Allman Jack Albertson Queenie Smith Frank Sully
heiress father reporter fortune hunter thief editor brash emotional amusing texas san diego yacht bus motel newsroom father/daughter relationship running away elopement kidnapping journalism
Ellen (June Allyson) is kidnapped by father (Charles Bickford) after she ran off and got married to someone he thinks is a gold digger. She escapes and starts an adventurous trip back to ... See full summary »
Musical, Comedy
USA
1955
108 Minutes
Janet Leigh Jack Lemmon Betty Garrett Bob Fosse Kurt Kaszner Dick York Lucy Marlow Tommy Rall Barbara Brown Horace MacMahon Henry Slate
aspiring actress aspiring writer magazine editor newspaper reporter cheeky amusing spirited engaging new york city columbus, ohio greenwich village apartment drugstore career writing acting chasing dreams big break romance adventure
After submitting a story of her beautiful sister, a woman assumes her identity to maintain the attention of a playboy publisher.
Sci-Fi
USA
1951
81 Minutes
Richard Derr Barbara Rush Peter Hansen Larry Keating John Hoyt Rachel Ames Stephen Chase Frank Cady Hayden Rorke Sandro Giglio James Congdon
astronomer daughter pilot doctor assistant wealthy man creative engaging thrilling south africa observatory laboratory new york city spaceship world destruction space travel relocation love triangle disaster discovery
As a new star and planet hurtle toward a doomed Earth, a small group of survivalists frantically work to complete the rocket which will take them to their new home.
Drama, Gay & Lesbian
1950
96 Minutes
Eleanor Parker Agnes Moorehead Hope Emerson Ellen Corby Betty Garde Jan Sterling Lee Patrick Jane Darwell Gertrude Michael Joan Miller Marjorie Crossland
robber warden matron prisoner mother dark brutal fiery melodramatic prison cell infirmary prison life murder pregnancy illegitimate child mother/child relationship sadism fall metamorphosis
An innocent (Eleanor Parker) lands in a women's prison with crude inmates and a big matron called Evelyn (Hope Emerson).