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Carole Landis Films

No.

Major Film Roles

Script

 Director/ Studio

B

1 Three Texas Steers (3/17/39 - late 3/39: 5/12/39) .... Nancy Evans - 56m... aka Danger Rides the Range   William Berke / George Sherman - Republic 4
2 Daredevils of the Red Circle (6/10/39) .... Blanche Granville - 211m (12 episodes)   Robert Beche / John English, William Witney - Republic 4
3 Cowboys from Texas, The (10/10-10/18/39: 11/29/39) .... June Jones - 57m   Harry Grey / George Sherman - Republic 4
4 One Million B.C. (10/16/39 - 1/3/40: 4/5/40) .... Loana - 80m AMPAS Hal Roach / Hal Roach Jr., Hal Roach - Hal Roach Studios; Dist: United Artists, Favorite Films (1952, USA, retitled Cave Man) 2
5 Turnabout (2/19/40 - 3/16/40: 5/17/40) .... Sally Willows - 83m UCLA Hal Roach / Hal Roach - Hal Roach Studios; Dist: United Artists 2
6 Mystery Sea Raider (early 5/40 - 6/3/40: 8/9/40) .... June McCarthy - 73m UCLA Eugene Zukor / Edward Dmytryk - Paramount 1
7 Road Show (7/2/40 - 8/14/40: 1/9/41) .... Penguin Moore - 87m   Hal Roach / Hal Roach - Hal Roach Studios; Dist: United Artists 2
8 Topper Returns (10/31/40 - 1/4/41: 3/21/41) .... Ann Carrington - 87m   Hal Roach / Roy Del Ruth - Hal Roach Studios; Dist: United Artists 3
9 Moon Over Miami (3/3/41 - 4/21/41: 6/18/41 ) .... Barbara Latimer, aka Miss Sears - 91m (Color) USC Darryl Zanuck / Walter Lang - 20th Century Fox 4
10 Dance Hall (4/21/41 - mid 5/41: 7/18/41) .... Lily Brown - 72m USC Sol Wurtzel / Irving Pichel - 20th Century Fox 1
11 I Wake Up Screaming (7/21/41 -  8/26/41: 11/14/41) .... Vicky Lynn - 82m ... aka Hot Spot (1941) (UK) (USA: working title) USC Milton Sperling / H. Bruce Humberstone - 20th Century Fox 3
12 Cadet Girl (7/14/41 - 8/11/41: 11/28/41) .... Gene Baxter - 68m USC Sol Wurtzel / Ray McCarey - 20th Century Fox 1
13 Gentleman at Heart, A (11/3/41 - 11/29/41: 1/16/42) .... Helen Mason - 70m USC Walter Morosco / Ray McCarey - 20th Century Fox 2
14 My Gal Sal (12/26/41 - 2/27/42: 4/30/42) .... Mae Collins - 102m USC Darryl Zanuck / Irving Cummings - 20th Century Fox 4
15 It Happened in Flatbush (~3/10/42 - 3/26/42: 5/30/42) .... Kathryn Baker - 80m USC Walter Morosco / Ray McCarey - 20th Century Fox 2
16 Orchestra Wives (4/6/42 - early 6/42: 9/4/42) .... Natalie - 98m USC William Goetz / Archie Mayo - 20th Century Fox 5
17 Manila Calling (mid 6/42 - 7/31/42: 10/16/42) .... Edna Fraser - 81m USC Sol Wurtzel / Herbert I. Leeds - 20th Century Fox 2
18 Powers Girl, The (8/24/42 - early 10/42: 1/15/43) .... Kay Evans - 93m ... aka Hello Beautiful   Charles R. Rogers / Norman Z. McLeod - Rogers Productions; Dist: United Artists 3
19 Wintertime (mid 3/43 - mid 7/43: 9/17/43) .... Flossie Fouchere - 82m USC Darryl Zanuck / John Brahm - 20th Century Fox 4
20 Four Jills in a Jeep (10/18/43 - early 12/43: 3/17/44) .... Herself - 68m USC Irving Starr / William A. Seiter - 20th Century Fox 2
21 Secret Command (1/17 - 3/8/44: 7/31/44) .... Jill McCann - 82m   Phil Ryan / A. Edward Sutherland - Torneen Prods; Dist: Columbia  2
22 Having Wonderful Crime (4/25 - 7/1/44: 4/12/45) .... Helene Justus - 70m UCLA Robert Fellows / A. Edward Sutherland - RKO 3
23 Behind Green Lights (9/13/45 - mid 10/45: 2/15/46) .... Janet Bradley - 64m USC Bryan Foy / Otto Brower - 20th Century Fox 1
24 Scandal in Paris, A (10/8/45 - late 11/45: 7/19/46 ) .... Loretta - 100m... aka Thieves' Holiday (1946) AMPAS Arnold Pressburger / Douglas Sirk - Arnold Productions; Dist: United Artists 3
25 It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog (1/22 - 2/21/46: 7/13/46) .... Julia Andrews - 70m. USC William Girard / Herbert I. Leeds - 20th Century Fox 1
26 Out of the Blue (2/25/47 - early 4/47: 10/11/47) .... Mae Earthleigh - 84m   Isadore Goldsmith / Leigh Jason - Eagle-Lion 5
27 Brass Monkey (9/47 - 12/47: 2/51; US 10/11/51) .... Kay Sheldon - 90m... aka Lucky Mascot (1948)   Nat Bronstein / Thornton Freeland - Alliance Communications (CA) & Diadem Films (UK); Dist: Allied Artists 2
28 Noose, The (12/47 - 2/48: 8/1948; US 7/19/50) .... Linda Medbury - 78m ... aka Silk Noose (1948) (USA)   Edward Dryhurst / Edmond T. Gréville - Associated British, Pathé; Dist: Associated British Film Distributors (ABFD) [uk], Monogram [us] 1
 
No.

Hollywood Documentaries

Source

B
1 Meet the Stars (tour of naval air training station w Olympe Bradna, Henry Fonda, Richard Barthelmess, Carmen Miranda, Roger Pryor, Anne Nagel, Mary Lee, George Murphy, Linda Darnell, CL) - ~10 mins Republic  
2 Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2 (1941) .... Herself, premiere attendee (non-speaking, onscreen 1-2 seconds with other stars) Paramount 1
3 Show Business at War (1943) .... Herself
... aka March of Time Volume IX, Issue 10, The (1943)
20th Century Fox, Time Magazine -
4 Screen Snapshots: Hollywood's Greatest Comedians (1953) .... Herself (archive footage-Jimmy Durante-Garry Moore radio show) Columbia 4
5 Entertaining the Troops (1989) ("I'm your pinup girl") Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) -

B = Billing


Bit Parts (confirmed)

#

Film / Role

Time Producer/Director

Studio

UCLA
  The King and the Chorus Girl (11/5/36-12/30/36: 3/27/37) (uncredited) [in Crivello]
Warner: CL not in production reports [before coming to LA?]
90m - CL not visible Mervyn LeRoy / Mervyn LeRoy Warner 35
  Star Is Born, A (11/36 - 12/28/36, late 1/37: 4/30/37) (uncredited) .... Extra, Girl in Beret Seated at Santa Anita Bar 111m - CL not identifiable; few seconds, beret only David O. Selznick / William Wellman Selznick International, United Artists  
  Day at the Races, A (9/36 & 12/21/36 - 4/2/37: 6/11/37) (uncredited) .... Extra 111m - CL not visible (in stage dance sequence?) Max Siegel, Sam Wood / Sam Wood MGM vhs,vd
  Fly-Away Baby (2/4/37-2/26/37: 6/19/37) (uncredited)  [Torchy Blane].... Blonde at Airport
... aka Crime in the Clouds (1937) (UK)
Warner: not in production reports [before Warner payroll in 5/37]
60m - not clearly identifiable Bryan Foy / Frank McDonald Warner 35,16, vhs
  Emperor's Candlesticks, The (3/11 - 4/22/37: 7/2/37) (uncredited) .... Bit 89m - CL not visible (in ball scene?) John Considine Jr. / George Fitzmaurice MGM; Dist: Loew's, MGM 16, vhs
  Varsity Show (4/9/37 - 7/1/37: 9/4/37) (uncredited) .... Bit Part
Warner: CL worked 6/16-29/37, 7/30
120m - CL visible halfway through film, perhaps earlier, in front of crowd; only non-principal dancing w lead group (Sterling Holloway) in final sequence Louis F. Edelman / William Keighley Warner 35
  Broadway Melody of 1938 (late 2/37 - 7/20/37: 8/20/37) (uncredited) .... Bit Part 110m - sitting w hat in agent's outer office near start of film Jack Cummings / Roy Del Ruth MGM; Dist: Loew's, MGM (vhs)
  Adventurous Blonde, The (6/16/37 - 7/7/37: 11/13/37) 
... aka Torchy Blane the Adventurous Blonde (1937)
Warner: CL not in casting report
60m - CL not visible in film   First National, Warner vhs
  Over the Goal (7/12/37 - 8/5/37: 10/16/37) in Crivello
Warner: CL not in production reports
63m - CL at party on terrace ~9m into film [GS] Bryan Foy / Noel M. Smith Warner  
  Over the Wall (7/27/37 - 8/18/37: 4/2/38) (uncredited) AFI .... Moll [Peggy, Scanlon's girlfriend]
Warner: CL worked 7/28-31/37, 8/4
72m - CL ~1m 30s, 10s, 20s beach, apartment Bryan Foy / Frank McDonald Warner vhs
  Alcatraz Island (5/24/37 - 8/5/37: 11/6/37) (uncredited) .... Extra
Warner: CL worked 8/5 post-prod only
63m - CL not clearly visible; listed in added scene in Drake's outer office Bryan Foy / William C. McGann Cosmopolitan, First National, Warner 35
  Missing Witnesses (6/23/37 - 8/17/37: 12/11/37)
Warner: CL worked 8/6/37 on added scene
60m - prob. false Mary Norton, about 20 sec at ~50 min Bryan Foy / William Clemens Warner ?
  The Invisible Menace (8/3/37 - 8/21/37: 1/22/1938) (uncredited) .... Woman wanting to go with her Johnny
... aka Without Warning (1938)
Warner: CL worked 8/9/37
59m - CL girlfriend of sailor at start, 'Can't I go with my Johnny?' ~ 10 sec Bryan Foy / John Farrow Warner 35,16,vhs
  Two Platoons (6/29/37 - 8/14/37: 12/18/37)
aka She Loved a Fireman
Warner: CL worked 8/11/37, addl scene on roof
57m - CL sunbathing on roof, ~ 5 sec at ~ 15m during fireman training jump Bryan Foy / John Farrow Warner 35
(r1-4,6)
  He Couldn't Say No (8/17/37 - 9/8/37: 3/19/38) (uncredited) (Crivello - not in IMdB)
aka Larger than Life
Warner: CL worked 8/23-25/37 (auction room)
61m - CL not visible (2 reels missing) Bryan Foy / Lewis Seiler Warner 35
(r1-2,4-5,7)
  Hollywood Hotel (8/7/37 - 11/6/37: 1/5/38) .... Hat check girl
Warner: CL worked 9/4-9/9 in Orchid Rm
109m - CL hatcheck girl in pretty dress, helps Mr. Marshall w/coat, speaks ~ 40 sec. Sam Bischoff, Bryan Foy / Busby Berkeley Warner 35,16; vhs usc
  Women Are Like That (8/13 - 26/37: 4/23/38) in "Fallen Angels"; Skolsky 2/2/44; not in IMdB
Warner: CL worked 9/18,22/37
78m - CL in black dress & hat at party; seen ~ 30 sec; answers "I think he's in the bedroom with the hostess" re client to Pat O'Brien Robert Lord / Stanley Logan Warner 35
  The Patient in Room 18 (8/20/37 - 9/21/37: 1/8/38)
Warner: No production reports
60m - CL in dark suit, hat; bumps into O'Leary when sleepwalking in beginning of film; in crowd behind him. On screen 1-2 m Bryan Foy / Bobby Connolly,
Crane Wilbur
Warner Eddie Brandt
  Blondes at Work (10/4/37 - 10/25/37: 2/5/38) [Torchy Blane].... Carol [dep't store model]
Warner: CL worked 10/19-20
63m - CL 4m, 3+1, speaks about murder suspect Bryan Foy / Frank McDonald Warner vhs,16,35
  Tovarich (7/6/37 - 9/21/37: 12/25/37)
Warner: CL in trailer only; worked 11/17/37
98m Anatole Litvak, Robert Lord / Anatole Litvak Warner 35
(r1,2,6,8/10)
  Slight Case of Murder, A (10/19/37 - 11/23/37: 3/5/38) (uncredited)
Warner: CL not listed, extra?
85m - CL in white dress, seen standing at piano, dancing Samuel Bischoff / Lloyd Bacon First National, Warner 35
  Love, Honor and Behave (11/22/37 - 12/21/37: 3/12/38) .... Wheel Watcher at Party
Warner: CL worked 12/16/37
71m - CL on screen 2-3 seconds in white dress "Let's spin again" Louis F. Edelman / Stanley Logan Warner 35
  Penrod's Double Trouble (12/13/37 - 1/8/38: 7/23/38)  (uncredited) per LAT 1/8/38
Warner: CL not in production reports
60-65m - CL at fair in coat w fur collar, laughs, addresses Lockhart: "Give him the 25 cents, you skinflint!"; "Come on!" Bryan Foy / Lewis Seiler Warner 35, vhs
  Men Are Such Fools (12/15/37 - 1/18/38: 7/16/38) (uncredited) .... June Cooper, Girl with Jimmy's School Chums
Warner: CL not in production reports
69m - CL in hall, at football game, at dinner ~5 min on screen David Lewis / Busby Berkeley Warner 35
(r1-3,6-8)
  Torchy Blane in Panama (1/17/38 - 2/8/38: 5/7/38) (uncredited)
Warner: CL not in production reports
59m - On float in leopard costume in opening scene ~20 sec on screen Hal Wallis / William Clemens Warner  
  Gold Diggers in Paris (1/14/38 - 3/28/38: 6/11/38 ) .... Golddigger (one of 7)
... aka Gay Impostors, The (1938) ( UK)
Warner: CL worked 1/27, 2/5-25,28, 3/8
97m - CL 1st golddigger/chorus girl shown, 3rd credited. A few lines, 1-2 min Samuel Bischoff / Ray Enright Warner 35,16, vhs
  When Were You Born (2/19/38 - 4/28/38: 6/18/38) (uncredited) .... Ship Passenger
Warner: CL worked 2/23-25
65m - CL briefly on screen in ship bar scene; smiles Bryan Foy / William C. McGann First National, Warner vhs,35,16
  Four's a Crowd (2/4/38 - 3/25/38: 9/3/38) .... Lansford's 2nd Secretary
... aka All Rights Reserved (1938) ( USA)
Warner: CL worked 3/3-14, retake 3/24
92m - CL on screen ~ 1m, speaks to boss (Flynn) David Lewis / Michael Curtiz Warner 35,16; usc
  Boy Meets Girl (3/4/38 - 4/1/38: 8/27/38) (uncredited) .... AFI: Commissary Cashier
Warner: CL worked 3/31
86m - CL ~ 2 seconds in black dress, answers phone, "No, they're not here" Samuel Bischoff / Lloyd Bacon First National, Warner 35; usc
  Girls on Probation (5/3/38 - 7/1/38: 10/22/38) LAT 8/19/38 lists CL in cast
Warner: CL tested for part of Hilda, otherwise not in production reports
63m - CL not visible in film   First National, Warner 16, vhs
  Reno (late 8/39 - late 9/39: 12/1/39 ) (uncredited) .... Mrs. Humphrey 73m - ~1 min, CL waiting to see protagonist re divorce, flirts Robert Sisk / John Farrow RKO 16, usc

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