Kay Francis – IDLIX

Wife Wanted

Thu, 21 Aug 2025 07:12:41 +0000

Career-slipping movie star Carole Raymond buys in as a real estate partner of Jeff Caldwell. Actually, through his secretary, Nola Reed, Caldwell runs a matrimonial bureau and, with the aid of his associate, Lee Kirby, they defraud and blackmail a large group of lonely people. Carole, unknowingly, is used as bait for one of their victims, Walter Desmond, who “commits suicide.” Reporter William Tyler thinks otherwise.

Four Jills in a Jeep

Thu, 21 Aug 2025 02:42:34 +0000

Reenactments of actual USO experiences of its female stars entertaining troops overseas.

The Feminine Touch

Wed, 20 Aug 2025 21:46:20 +0000

A college professor who believes there’s no place for jealousy in modern marriage, John Hathaway (Don Ameche) moves with his wife, Julie (Rosalind Russell), to New York where he plans to publish a book on the subject. Meeting with publisher Elliott Morgan (Van Heflin), who falls head over heels for Julie, John is assigned to his assistant Nellie (Kay Francis), who only has eyes for her boss. Working closely with Nellie, who Julie thinks is after her husband, John continues his high-minded ways while his angry spouse schemes to make him so jealous he’ll knock Elliott’s block clean off.

Charley’s Aunt

Wed, 20 Aug 2025 21:41:49 +0000

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.

When the Daltons Rode

Wed, 20 Aug 2025 21:17:20 +0000

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 their land to a crooked development company. When Tod tries to help them, a faked murder charge turns the Daltons into outlaws, but more victims than villains in this fictionalized version. Will Tod stay loyal to his friends despite falling in love with Bob Dalton’s former fiancée Julie?

Play Girl

Wed, 20 Aug 2025 21:06:51 +0000

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

King of the Underworld

Wed, 20 Aug 2025 19:02:19 +0000

Physician Carole Nelson, suspected of having ties to notorious gangster Joe Gurney, must prove her innocence or the Medical Board will revoke her license. When Gurney seeks her out for treatment after being shot, it could be the break Nelson needs. Now she has a chance to use her medical know-how to outwit Gurney and his goons and reestablish her professional reputation.

In Name Only

Wed, 20 Aug 2025 19:02:01 +0000

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.

Confession

Wed, 20 Aug 2025 16:17:16 +0000

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 life.

Another Dawn

Wed, 20 Aug 2025 16:16:29 +0000

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 Ashton, who cares deeply for him but believes herself incapable of love following the death of her fiancé; some time before. Wister convinces her that he loves her enough to live without her romantic love and that she should marry him. She does so and returns to Dubik with him. There she meets his adjutant, Captain Denny Roark. Roark is a dashing young man who reminds Julia thoroughly of her lost love. Soon she finds she is indeed capable of love, but it is Roark with whom she falls in love, not her husband. As warfare with the local tribes heats up and as Wister gains awareness of the unconsummated romance growing between his wife and best friend, tragedy lurks.