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Barbara Kent
Actress 1907 - 2011

Barbara Kent

Gadsby, Alberta, Canada

Canadian born Barbara Kent (born Barbara Cloutman), who resettled, with her family, in California in 1913, was an actress in Hollywood films from 1926 to 1942.

Filmography

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11 titles
Blondie Meets the Boss

Blondie Meets the Boss

Frank R. Strayer 1939 1h 15m 6.0

Dagwood inadvertently gets cornered in to resigning. When his wife Blondie tries to ask Dagwoods boss Mr. Dithers for his job back, he ends up hiring her instead. This doesn't sit too well with Dagwood. Blondie's sister comes to visit, and Dagwood is put in a compromising situation with another woman.

Reckless Decision

Reckless Decision

John W. Noble 1933 53m

A mother and father try to find a way to protect their young daughter against the influences of booze, wild parties and (gasp!) dancing during the Jazz Age.

Oliver Twist

Oliver Twist

William J. Cowen 1933 1h 20m 5.0

An orphan boy in 1830s London is abused in a workhouse, then falls into the clutches of a gang of thieves.

Emma

Emma

Clarence Brown 1932 1h 12m

When their mother dies in childbirth, Emma Thatcher who has been the nanny to his 3 children but now has an infant to care for. The children grow up and Frederick becomes rich and successful. He and Emma marry, as it turns out right before his death, and his will becomes a source of trouble between the children and Emma.

Grief Street

Grief Street

Richard Thorpe 1931 1h 4m 7.0

A reporter helps the police investigate the murder of a disagreeable and philandering actor who is found strangled to death in his theater dressing room with its door and window locked from the inside.

Chinatown After Dark

Chinatown After Dark

Stuart Paton 1931 59m 8.0

The female head of a criminal gang in Chinatown is after a valuable jewel, and lets nothing stand in her way of finding it.

Feet First

Feet First

Clyde Bruckman 1930 1h 31m 6.0

Ambitious shoe salesman, Harold, unknowingly meets the boss' daughter and tells her he is a leather tycoon. The rest of the film he spends hiding his true circumstances, in the store and later on a ship. Trying to deliver a letter, he later finds himself dangling high above the street on a building's scaffolding.

Welcome Danger

Welcome Danger

Clyde Bruckman, Malcolm St. Clair 1929 1h 55m 6.0

A gentle botany student has to toughen up to replace his father as chief of police.

The Shakedown

The Shakedown

William Wyler 1929 1h 5m 6.0

A grifter in a boxing scam learns a better way from an orphan and a beautiful girl.

Lonesome

Lonesome

Pál Fejős 1928 1h 10m 7.7

Two lonely people in the big city meet and enjoy the thrills of an amusement park, only to lose each other in the crowd after spending a great day together. Will they ever see each other again?

Flesh and the Devil

Flesh and the Devil

Clarence Brown 1926 1h 52m 7.0

Childhood friends are torn apart when one of them marries the woman the other fiercely loves.

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