Kay Francis
Popularity:0.283
Known For:Acting
Birthday:1905-01-13
Place of Birth:Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
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Also Known As:Katherine Edwina Gibbs, Katherine Francis

Trouble in Paradise (1932)
Thief Gaston Monescu and pickpocket Lily are partners in crime and love. Working for perfume company executive Mariette Colet, the two crooks decide...

The Cocoanuts (1929)
During the Florida land boom, the Marx Brothers run a hotel, auction off some land and thwart a jewel robbery.

In Name Only (1939)
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.

King of the Underworld (1939)
Physician Carole Nelson, suspected of having ties to notorious gangster Joe Gurney, must prove her innocence or the Medical Board will revoke her...

One Way Passage (1932)
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...

Allotment Wives (1945)
Unscrupulous women marry servicemen for their pay.

Charley's Aunt (1941)
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.

Jewel Robbery (1932)
A gentleman thief charms a Viennese baron's wife and also conducts a daring daylight robbery of a jeweller's shop.

The House on 56th Street (1933)
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...

Confession (1937)
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...

Another Dawn (1937)
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...

Man Wanted (1932)
A female editor of a magazine falls in love with her male secretary.

The Feminine Touch (1941)
A college professor who believes there's no place for jealousy in modern marriage, John Hathaway (Don Ameche) moves with his wife, Julie (Rosalind...

Always in My Heart (1942)
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...

Girls About Town (1931)
A dynamic duo in silk and ermine entertain hick businessmen looking for a good time while in Manhattan.

Raffles (1930)
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...

Four Jills in a Jeep (1944)
Reenactments of actual USO experiences of its female stars entertaining troops overseas.

Wife Wanted (1946)
Career-slipping movie star Carole Raymond buys in as a real estate partner of Jeff Caldwell. Actually, through his secretary, Nola Reed, Caldwell...

I Loved a Woman (1933)
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...

Transgression (1931)
When British mining engineer Robert Maury is sent to India on an extended business trip, his wife Elsie finds romance with a Spanish playboy.

First Lady (1937)
A politician's wife plots for her husband to become the next U.S. President.

Dr. Monica (1934)
A prominent New York doctor, unable to have a child, discovers her philandering husband has impregnated her best friend.

Play Girl (1941)
When a gold digger starts to get a little old to ply her trade, she teaches a younger woman all her tricks.

It's a Date (1940)
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...

When the Daltons Rode (1940)
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...

Wonder Bar (1934)
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...

British Agent (1934)
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.

The Goose and the Gander (1935)
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...

Scandal Sheet (1931)
Confirming his principle that no one escapes the news, a tabloid editor prints a scathing story about his wife.

Street of Women (1932)
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...

Guilty Hands (1931)
A district attorney commits the perfect murder when he kills his daughter's womanizing fiancé and then tries framing the fiancé's lover.

Divorce (1945)
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...

Dangerous Curves (1929)
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...

The Marriage Playground (1929)
A delightful pre-code cocktail recipe. Take three couples (add gin and tonic), their several divorces and the seven children/stepchildren of their...

Strangers in Love (1932)
Fredric March essays a dual role in this story of a ne'er-do-well who impersonates his brother when the latter dies.

Let's Go Native (1930)
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.

Secrets of an Actress (1938)
Two architects lose their heads over a glamorous actress.

Cynara (1932)
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.

Street of Chance (1930)
'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...

A Notorious Affair (1930)
A scheming musician seduces a wealthy woman for love and money.

The Virtuous Sin (1930)
Marya gets friendly with General Platoff in order to save her husband Victor from being executed.

Stranded (1935)
A Traveler's Aid worker who delights in solving people's problems gets mixed up with gangsters.

Women in the Wind (1939)
A famous aviator helps an amateur enter a cross-country air race for women.

Give Me Your Heart (1936)
An American lawyer's wife is reunited with her child and his father, an English nobleman.

Stolen Holiday (1937)
A young model is set up with her own fashion business by a crooked financier, who sells worthless bonds.

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (1983)
Out-takes (mostly from Warner Bros.), promotional shorts, movie premieres, public service pleas, wardrobe tests, documentary material, and archival...

Passion Flower (1930)
A bored society woman invites scandal and heartache when she falls in love with her low-born chauffeur.

Mary Stevens, M.D. (1933)
A woman doctor decides to have a baby without benefit of marriage.

The Keyhole (1933)
A private eye specializing in divorce cases falls for the woman he's been hired to frame.

Behind the Make-Up (1930)
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...

Living on Velvet (1935)
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...

For the Defense (1930)
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...

The Vice Squad (1931)
A diplomat is blackmailed by crooked vice cops into helping them frame prostitutes.

Women Are Like That (1938)
Businesswoman Claire King is the daughter of a powerful advertising executive. When Claire marries humble copywriter Bill Landin, she wants to use...

Comet Over Broadway (1938)
Story of a rising stage star and the trouble she causes by her ambition.

24 Hours (1931)
A nightclub singer is carrying on an affair with a married man. When she is found murdered, her lover is suspected of the crime.

I Found Stella Parish (1935)
A blackmailer preys on an actress who is trying to protect her daughter from her past.

The False Madonna (1931)
A woman who is a member of a gang of con artists impersonates the mother of a wealthy blind man.

Ladies' Man (1931)
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...

Mandalay (1934)
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.

Storm at Daybreak (1933)
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...

The White Angel (1936)
In Victorian England, Florence Nightingale's heroic measures slowly change the attitude towards nurses when it was considered a disreputable...

Movies on Sundays (1935)
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...

Illusion (1929)
A vaudeville magician team is broken up when Carlee, an ex--circus performer, becomes infatuated with socialite Hilda Schmittlap. Meanwhile his...

My Bill (1938)
An impoverished widow fights scandal for the sake of her four children.

Little Men (1940)
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...

William Powell: A True Gentleman (2005)
A short documentary about William Powell.

Gentlemen of the Press (1929)
A newspaperman is drawn away from family life by the needs of his paper until a new woman enters his life.

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

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

Between Us Girls (1942)
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.

Hidden Hollywood II: More Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Vaults (2002)
Second installment of deleted scenes, mostly musical or comedic, from Fox films of the 30's - 50's.

Blow-Ups of 1947 (1947)
Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1947.

The Man Who Lost Himself (1941)
John Evans encounters his lookalike, Malcolm Scott. When Scott is killed in an accident, Evans finds himself mistaken for Scott and decides to do...

Breakdowns of 1938 (1938)
Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1938.

Breakdowns of 1937 (1937)
Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1937.

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

Breakdowns of 1939 (1939)
Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1939.

Show-Business at War (1943)
A multi-studio effort to show the newsreel audience the progress of the Hollywood war effort.

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (1975)
Period music, film clips and newsreel footage combined into a visual exploration of the American entertainment industry during the Great Depression.

Complicated Women (2003)
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...

Lux Video Theatre (1950)
Lux Video Theatre is an American anthology series that was produced from 1950 until 1959. The series presented both comedy and drama in original...

Prudential Family Playhouse (1950)
Prudential Family Playhouse is an American anthology drama series that aired on live CBS from October 1950 to March 1951.