Joyce Compton

Joyce Compton

January 27, 1907 · 119 years old

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Olivia Joyce Compton (January 27, 1907 – October 13, 1997) was an American actress. Compton was born in Lexington, Kentucky. (Despite frequent reports to the contrary, her name was not originally "Eleanor Hunt"; she had appeared in the film Good Sport (1931) w…

Known For

12 titles
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The Awful Truth

The Awful Truth

1937 · 1h 30m · Movie

A married couple files an amicable divorce, but find letting go of each other harder than they originally thought.

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Christmas in Connecticut

Christmas in Connecticut

1945 · 1h 41m · Movie

A food writer who has lied about being the perfect housewife must try to cover her deception when her boss and a returning war hero invite themselves to her home for a traditional family Christmas.

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Sorry, Wrong Number

Sorry, Wrong Number

1948 · 1h 29m · Movie

When neurotic bedridden wife Leona Stevenson overhears a murder plot on her telephone, she tries to piece the puzzle together and prevent the murder. Based on Lucille Fletcher's famous radio play.

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They Drive by Night

They Drive by Night

1940 · 1h 35m · Movie

When one of two truck-driving brothers loses an arm, they both join a transport company where the other is falsely charged as an accessory in the murder of the owner.

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Imitation of Life

Imitation of Life

1934 · 1h 51m · Movie

A struggling widow and her daughter take in a Black housekeeper and her fair-skinned daughter; the two women start a successful business but face familial, identity, and racial issues along the way.

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Jet Pilot

Jet Pilot

1957 · 1h 53m · Movie

Air Force Colonel Jim Shannon is tasked to escort a defecting Soviet pilot who is scheming to lure Shannon to the USSR.

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City for Conquest

City for Conquest

1940 · 1h 44m · Movie

Danny is a content truck driver, but his girl Peggy shows potential as a dancer and hopes he too can show ambition. Danny acquiesces and pursues boxing to please her, but the two begin to spend more time working than time together.

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If I Had a Million

If I Had a Million

1932 · 1h 28m · Movie

A dying tycoon gives million-dollar windfalls to eight people picked from the city directory.

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Manpower

Manpower

1941 · 1h 44m · Movie

Two friends, who are members of a road crew employed by a Los Angeles power company, battle the elements to restore electrical power, and trade punches over the same woman.

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Three Smart Girls

Three Smart Girls

1936 · 1h 24m · Movie

Three sisters scheme to reunite their divorced parents before their wealthy father marries a conniving gold digger.

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Blues in the Night

Blues in the Night

1941 · 1h 28m · Movie

"Jigger' Pine forms a band that includes singer Ginger 'Character' Powell, wife of the trumpeter Leo Powell, and Nickie Haroyen and Peppi. All of them dedicate themselves to work as a unit and to play blues music. The dedication i...

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Love Before Breakfast

Love Before Breakfast

1936 · 1h 10m · Movie

A rich businessman stalks another man's fiancée.

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