Minerva Urecal

Minerva Urecal

September 20, 1894

A stage actress, Urecal made her screen debut in 1934. For the remainder of her career and two hundred plus movies, she played cleaning women, landladies, shopkeepers and the like. She was known as a Marjorie Main type actress and later went on to a career in television playing in such shows as…

Known For

14 titles
1
Niagara

Niagara

1953 · 1h 32m · Movie

As two couples are visiting Niagara Falls, tensions between one wife and her husband reach the level of murder.

7.0
2
Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation

Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation

1962 · 1h 56m · Movie

Mr. Hobbs wants to spend a quiet holiday at the beach, but his wife has invited all their family to stay with them.

6.8
3
7 Faces of Dr. Lao

7 Faces of Dr. Lao

1964 · 1h 40m · Movie

A mysterious circus comes to a western town bearing wonders and characters that entertain the inhabitants and teach valuable lessons.

7.1
4
Bombshell

Bombshell

1933 · 1h 36m · Movie

A glamorous film star rebels against the studio, her pushy press agent and a family of hangers-on.

7.1
5
Never Give a Sucker an Even Break

Never Give a Sucker an Even Break

1941 · 1h 11m · Movie

A filmmaker attempts to sell a surreal script he has written, which comes to life as he pitches it.

7.0
6
Lost in Alaska

Lost in Alaska

1952 · 1h 16m · Movie

Two firemen rescue a gold miner from suicide. However, discovering the police want them for murder, they travel with the miner to Alaska to help chase his girl. There, they discover that the town wants the miner dead.

6.2
7
Ghosts on the Loose

Ghosts on the Loose

1943 · 1h 7m · Movie

The East Side Kids try to fix up a house for newlyweds, but find the place next door "haunted" by mysterious men.

5.0
8
The Lost Moment

The Lost Moment

1947 · 1h 29m · Movie

A publisher insinuates himself into the mouldering mansion of the centenarian lover of a renowned but long-dead poet to find his lost love letters.

6.8
9
The Jackpot

The Jackpot

1950 · 1h 25m · Movie

Bill Lawrence wins a jackpot worth $24,000 on a radio quiz program. His happiness, and that of his family, is short-lived after he discovers he'll be compelled to sell the prizes in order to pay an amount of $7,000 income tax on t...

6.6
10
The Trap

The Trap

1946 · 1h 8m · Movie

When a troupe of showgirls with their impresario and press agent vacation at a Malibu Beach resort, two of them are garroted. Charlie takes on the case assisted by Number Two Son Jimmy and faithful chauffeur Birmingham Brown.

6.0
11
Good Sam

Good Sam

1948 · 1h 54m · Movie

Sam Clayton has a good heart and likes to help out people in need. In fact, he likes to help them out so much that he often finds himself broke and unable to help his own family buy the things they need--like a house.

6.3
12
That Funny Feeling

That Funny Feeling

1965 · 1h 33m · Movie

Sandra Dee stars as Joan Howell, a young and pretty maid-for-hire, who begins dating wealthy New York City businessman Tom Milford (Bobby Darin) in That Funny Feeling.

6.6
13
Woman They Almost Lynched

Woman They Almost Lynched

1953 · 1h 30m · Movie

Laying on the Missouri-Arkansas border, the neutral Border City, its female mayor and city council take no side in the ongoing Civil War and they're prepared to hang any troublemaker, Yankee or Confederate, who stirs the townsfolk...

6.5
14
Master Minds

Master Minds

1949 · 1h 4m · Movie

Candy on a toothache turns Sach into a prognosticator, which attracts the attention of an exploitative Slip and a personality-switching doctor hoping to create an obedient super race.

6.1