Esther Dale

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Blackmail (1939) -- (Movie Clip) Don't Use A Nasty Word Like That

My Reputation (1946) -- (Movie Ciip) Who Steals My Purse

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How to Sub-Let (1939)

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1932

First starring Broadway role in "Carry Nation"

1934

Film acting debut

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The Women - Scene Stills

Here are a number of scene stills from MGM's The Women (1939), starring Norman Shearer, Joan Crawford, Rosalind Russell, Mary Boland, Paulette Goddard, and Joan Fontaine.

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Blackmail (1939) -- (Movie Clip) Don't Use A Nasty Word Like That Oklahoma oil-rig fire fighter (Edward G. Robinson as John Ingram) returns home with his wife and son (Ruth Hussey, Bobs Watson) celebrating the opening of his own first well when he’s confronted by a drifter (Gene Lockhart as Ramey), who makes clear why he’s been sensitive about his past, in MGM’s Blackmail, 1939.

My Reputation (1946) -- (Movie Ciip) Who Steals My Purse Firmly planted in suburban Chicago and Shakespeare's Othello, servant Anna (Esther Dale) and friend Frank (Warner Anderson) are introduced along with the star, widowed Jessica (Barbara Stanwyck), opening Curtis Bernhardt's My Reputation 1946.

Curly Top (1935) -- (Movie Clip) As If You Were A Princess Now at the Southampton cottage of Edward (John Boles) and his aunt (Esther Dale), orphan Elizabeth (Shirley Temple, who, along with sister Rochelle Hudson, thinks they’ve been adopted by an absent benefactor) enlists butler Arthur Treacher's help in society manners, in Curly Top, 1935.

Mortal Storm, The (1940) -- (Movie Clip) Within Man Himself Following the credits as if the metaphor were difficult, narration over weather and scenes introducing kindly German professor Roth (Frank Morgan), from Frank Borzage's The Mortal Storm, 1940.

Awful Truth, The (1937) -- (Movie Clip) A Gal's Name Needs Clearin' The Mother (Esther Dale) of new beau Daniel (Ralph Bellamy) tentatively confronts his almost-divorced fiancee' Lucy (Irene Dunne) with nasty gossip, forcing her ex Jerry (Cary Grant), visiting on a ruse, to step up, in Leo McCarey's The Awful Truth, 1937.

All-American Co-ed (1941) -- (Movie Clip) Open, Chap With A Chip Opening credits and song by Walter G. Samuels and Charles Newman, men in drag, led by Johnny Downs as "Bob," a.k.a. "Bobbie," in the 49-minute Hal Roach "streamlined feature," All-American Co-ed, 1941, also starring Frances Langford and directed by the veteran choreographer LeRoy Prinz.

Wedding Night, The (1935) -- (Movie Clip) Prune Soup American Tony (Gary Cooper) joins Manya (Anna Sten) and her Polish immigrant family for a folksy meal, observing deal-making for her marriage to Fredrik (Ralph Bellamy), in the Samuel Goldwyn production The Wedding Night, 1935.

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Arthur J Beckhard

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Screenwriter, stage producer and director.

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1932

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