
Kay Francis
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Kay Francis (January 13, 1905 – August 26, 1968) was an American stage and film actress. After a brief period on Broadway in the late 1920s, she moved to film and achieved her greatest success between 1930 and 1936, when she was the number one female star at the Warner Brothers studio, and the highest paid American film actress. Some of her film related material and personal papers are available to scholars and researchers in the Wesleyan University Cinema Archives.
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Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 0.061 |
Birthday | 1905-01-13 |
Place of Birth | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA |
Also Known As | Katherine Edwina Gibbs, Katherine Francis, |

1932

Trouble in Paradise
7.4/286
Thief Gaston Monescu and pickpocket Lily are partners in crime and love. Working for perfume company executive Mariette Colet, the two crooks decide t...
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Trouble in Paradise

1929

The Cocoanuts
6.4/113
During the Florida land boom, the Marx Brothers run a hotel, auction off some land and thwart a jewel robbery.
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The Cocoanuts

1939

In Name Only
7/57
A wealthy man falls for a widow but is locked into a loveless marriage with a woman who has contrived to convince his parents she is the ideal wife.
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In Name Only

1939

King of the Underworld
6.4/24
Physician Carole Nelson, suspected of having ties to notorious gangster Joe Gurney, must prove her innocence or the Medical Board will revoke her lice...
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King of the Underworld

1932

One Way Passage
7.2/58
A terminally ill woman and a debonair murderer facing execution meet and fall in love on a trans-Pacific crossing, each without knowing the other's se...
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One Way Passage

1945

Allotment Wives
6/5
Unscrupulous women marry servicemen for their pay.
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Allotment Wives

1941

Charley's Aunt
5.8/6
In 1890, two students at Oxford force their rascally friend and fellow student to pose as an aunt from Brazil--where the nuts come from.
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Charley's Aunt

1932

Jewel Robbery
6.5/38
A gentleman thief charms a Viennese baron's wife and also conducts a daring daylight robbery of a jeweller's shop.
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Jewel Robbery

1933

The House on 56th Street
5.2/6
A beautiful chorine marries a handsome rich socialite, but her idyllic life ends when she visits a dying old beau and is charged when he commits suici...
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The House on 56th Street

1937

Confession
6.1/14
Vera Kowalska is put on trial for murdering concert pianist Michael Michailow. In court it is revealed that some years earlier Michael ruined Vera's l...
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Confession

1937

Another Dawn
6.2/8
Colonel John Wister, on duty with the British army in the desert region of Dubik, returns to England on leave. There he falls in love with Julia Ashto...
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Another Dawn

1932

Man Wanted
5.5/9
A female editor of a magazine falls in love with her male secretary.
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Man Wanted

1941

The Feminine Touch
5.1/7
A college professor who believes there's no place for jealousy in modern marriage, John Hathaway (Don Ameche) moves with his wife, Julie (Rosalind Rus...
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The Feminine Touch

1942

Always in My Heart
6/4
A man is pardoned from prison and returns to Santa Rita, CA to be with his family, but discovers his children have been told he's dead and his wife is...
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Always in My Heart

1931

Girls About Town
6.4/8
A dynamic duo in silk and ermine entertain hick businessmen looking for a good time while in Manhattan.
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Girls About Town

1930

Raffles
6/14
A distinguished English gentleman has a secret life--he is the notorious jewel thief the press has dubbed "The Amateur Cracksman". When he meets a wom...
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Raffles

1944

Four Jills in a Jeep
5.7/3
Reenactments of actual USO experiences of its female stars entertaining troops overseas.
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Four Jills in a Jeep

1946

Wife Wanted
6.5/1
Career-slipping movie star Carole Raymond buys in as a real estate partner of Jeff Caldwell. Actually, through his secretary, Nola Reed, Caldwell runs...
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Wife Wanted

1933

I Loved a Woman
4.8/12
The son of a ruthless meatpacking king goes through a number of changes in ideals and motivations as he reluctantly inherits the mantle and falls in l...
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I Loved a Woman

1931

Transgression
4/4
When British mining engineer Robert Maury is sent to India on an extended business trip, his wife Elsie finds romance with a Spanish playboy.
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Transgression

1937

First Lady
6.2/6
A politician's wife plots for her husband to become the next U.S. President.
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First Lady

1934

Dr. Monica
4.8/6
A prominent New York doctor, unable to have a child, discovers her philandering husband has impregnated her best friend.
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Dr. Monica

1941

Play Girl
6.3/6
When a gold digger starts to get a little old to ply her trade, she teaches a younger woman all her tricks.
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Play Girl

1940

It's a Date
6.4/7
An aspiring actress is offered the lead in a major new play, but discovers that her mother, a more seasoned performer, expects the same part. The situ...
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It's a Date

1940

When the Daltons Rode
6/20
Young lawyer Tod Jackson arrives in pioneer Kansas to visit his prosperous rancher friends the Daltons, just as the latter are in danger of losing the...
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When the Daltons Rode

1934

Wonder Bar
6.132/19
Harry and Inez are a dance team at the Wonder Bar. Inez loves Harry, but he is in love with Liane, the wife of a wealthy business man. Al Wonder and t...
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Wonder Bar

1934

British Agent
5.5/17
In the days leading up to the Russian Revolution, Stephen Locke, a minor British diplomat in St Petersburg, falls in love with a Russian spy.
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British Agent

1935

The Goose and the Gander
4.6/6
When Georgiana Summers learns that the woman who stole and married her husband is planning a romantic tryst with a new love, she hatches a giddy plot...
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The Goose and the Gander

1931

Scandal Sheet
0/0
Confirming his principle that no one escapes the news, a tabloid editor prints a scathing story about his wife.
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Scandal Sheet

1932

Street of Women
4.8/5
An architect has an affair with a woman who inspires him. Her brother is in love with the architect's daughter. The complicated entanglement leads to...
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Street of Women

1931

Guilty Hands
6/11
A district attorney commits the perfect murder when he kills his daughter's womanizing fiancé and then tries framing the fiancé's lover.
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Guilty Hands

1945

Divorce
5/2
A woman who has been married and divorced five times comes back to her small hometown, where she proceeds to complicate, and potentially destroy, the...
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Divorce

1929

Dangerous Curves
6/3
A young bareback rider in a circus is in love with a trapeze artist, but he has two problems: he drinks too much and he's fallen under the spell of a...
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Dangerous Curves

1929

The Marriage Playground
5.8/4
A delightful pre-code cocktail recipe. Take three couples (add gin and tonic), their several divorces and the seven children/stepchildren of their int...
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The Marriage Playground

1932

Strangers in Love
5.1/4
Fredric March essays a dual role in this story of a ne'er-do-well who impersonates his brother when the latter dies.
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Strangers in Love

1930

Let's Go Native
7.5/2
The company of a musical comedy gets shipwrecked on a tropical island inhabited by a "king" from Brooklyn and his coterie of wild native girls.
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Let's Go Native

1938

Secrets of an Actress
5.6/5
Two architects lose their heads over a glamorous actress.
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Secrets of an Actress

1932

Cynara
4.8/10
A London barrister's marriage is under strain after his affair with a shopgirl who is out to have him. The story is told in flashback.
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Cynara

1930

Street of Chance
6.6/8
'Natural' Davis (William Powell) is a respected gambler who follows a ruthless code of honor with those who cheat against him. His wife, Alma (Kay Fra...
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Street of Chance

1930

A Notorious Affair
4.4/7
A scheming musician seduces a wealthy woman for love and money.
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A Notorious Affair

1930

The Virtuous Sin
4.9/5
Marya gets friendly with General Platoff in order to save her husband Victor from being executed.
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The Virtuous Sin

1935

Stranded
5.8/5
A Traveler's Aid worker who delights in solving people's problems gets mixed up with gangsters.
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Stranded

1939

Women in the Wind
6.8/4
A famous aviator helps an amateur enter a cross-country air race for women.
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Women in the Wind

1936

Give Me Your Heart
6/6
An American lawyer's wife is reunited with her child and his father, an English nobleman.
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Give Me Your Heart

1937

Stolen Holiday
6.6/6
A young model is set up with her own fashion business by a crooked financier, who sells worthless bonds.
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Stolen Holiday

1983

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
6.5/2
Out-takes (mostly from Warner Bros.), promotional shorts, movie premieres, public service pleas, wardrobe tests, documentary material, and archival fo...
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Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

1930

Passion Flower
5.6/9
A bored society woman invites scandal and heartache when she falls in love with her low-born chauffeur.
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Passion Flower

1933

Mary Stevens, M.D.
6/11
A woman doctor decides to have a baby without benefit of marriage.
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Mary Stevens, M.D.

1933

The Keyhole
4.9/13
A private eye specializing in divorce cases falls for the woman he's been hired to frame.
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The Keyhole

1930

Behind the Make-Up
6.2/4
Gardoni, a down-on-his-luck vaudeville performer, is taken in by a fellow performer, a clown who has a bicycle riding act. Gardoni shows his appreciat...
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Behind the Make-Up

1935

Living on Velvet
5.5/6
A lay-about falls for his best friend's fiancee. The two of them run away from a life of privilege to one of middle-class normalcy. When an influx of...
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Living on Velvet

1930

For the Defense
4.8/10
William Foster is a slick attorney who stays within the law, but specializes in representing crooks and shady characters. He's adept at keeping them o...
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For the Defense

1931

The Vice Squad
7/2
A diplomat is blackmailed by crooked vice cops into helping them frame prostitutes.
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The Vice Squad

1938

Women Are Like That
5.7/3
Businesswoman Claire King is the daughter of a powerful advertising executive. When Claire marries humble copywriter Bill Landin, she wants to use her...
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Women Are Like That

1938

Comet Over Broadway
5/2
Story of a rising stage star and the trouble she causes by her ambition.
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Comet Over Broadway

1931

24 Hours
5.5/2
A nightclub singer is carrying on an affair with a married man. When she is found murdered, her lover is suspected of the crime.
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24 Hours

1935

I Found Stella Parish
7/5
A blackmailer preys on an actress who is trying to protect her daughter from her past.
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I Found Stella Parish

1931

The False Madonna
6.3/3
A woman who is a member of a gang of con artists impersonates the mother of a wealthy blind man.
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The False Madonna

1931

Ladies' Man
4.3/10
A society gigolo goes after a rich mother and her daughter, but tries to find true happiness with his girlfriend, who is neither rich nor in "society....
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Ladies' Man

1934

Mandalay
5.9/15
Abandoned by her lover, a woman becomes the main "hostess" in a decadent nightclub, but tries to put her past behind her on a steamer to Mandalay.
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Mandalay

1933

Storm at Daybreak
5.8/4
Sarajevo June 28, 1914. Dushan, the Serbian mayor of a Hungarian town, has come to see the parade of Archduke Ferdinand. While there he runs into Geza...
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Storm at Daybreak

1936

The White Angel
8/4
In Victorian England, Florence Nightingale's heroic measures slowly change the attitude towards nurses when it was considered a disreputable professio...
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The White Angel

1935

Movies on Sundays
0/0
A short, introduced in Pennsylvania when the state had laws disallowing the screening of films on Sunday, to sway voters on a referendum to allow such...
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Movies on Sundays

1929

Illusion
0/0
A vaudeville magician team is broken up when Carlee, an ex--circus performer, becomes infatuated with socialite Hilda Schmittlap. Meanwhile his vaudev...
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Illusion

1938

My Bill
6.2/7
An impoverished widow fights scandal for the sake of her four children.
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My Bill

1940

Little Men
6.1/8
Jo March and her husband Professor Bhaer operate the Plumfield School for poor boys. When Dan, a tough street kid, comes to the school, he wins Jo's h...
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Little Men

2005

William Powell: A True Gentleman
7.5/2
A short documentary about William Powell.
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William Powell: A True Gentleman

1929

Gentlemen of the Press
5/1
A newspaperman is drawn away from family life by the needs of his paper until a new woman enters his life.
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Gentlemen of the Press

1930

Paramount on Parade
6.1/8
This 1930 film, a collection of songs and sketches showcasing Paramount Studios' contract stars, credits 11 directors
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Paramount on Parade

1936

Breakdowns of 1936
0/0
Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1936.
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Breakdowns of 1936

1942

Between Us Girls
6/1
A 20-year-old stage actress takes on her most challenging role when she pretends to be her own mother's 12-year-old daughter.
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Between Us Girls

2002

Hidden Hollywood II: More Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Vaults
0/0
Second installment of deleted scenes, mostly musical or comedic, from Fox films of the 30's - 50's.
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Hidden Hollywood II: More Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Vaults

1947

Blow-Ups of 1947
6.3/3
Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1947.
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Blow-Ups of 1947

1941

The Man Who Lost Himself
4/2
John Evans encounters his lookalike, Malcolm Scott. When Scott is killed in an accident, Evans finds himself mistaken for Scott and decides to do some...
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The Man Who Lost Himself

1938

Breakdowns of 1938
5/2
Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1938.
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Breakdowns of 1938

1937

Breakdowns of 1937
6/3
Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1937.
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Breakdowns of 1937

1935

Things You Never See on the Screen
5/3
Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1935.
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Things You Never See on the Screen

1939

Breakdowns of 1939
7/1
Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1939.
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Breakdowns of 1939

1943

Show-Business at War
7/3
A multi-studio effort to show the newsreel audience the progress of the Hollywood war effort.
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Show-Business at War

1975

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
5.7/7
Period music, film clips and newsreel footage combined into a visual exploration of the American entertainment industry during the Great Depression.
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Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

2003

Complicated Women
6.7/11
Looks at the stereotype-breaking films of the period from 1929, when movies entered the sound era, until 1934 when the Hays Code virtually neutered fi...
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