Edith Ellis


Biography

Life Events

Videos

Movie Clip

Rich Man, Poor Girl (1938) -- (Movie Clip) I Should Grab You And Run Having just announced her surprise engagement to her millionaire boss to her family, now up on the roof of their tenement, Joan (Ruth Hussey) reflects on whether she and Bill (Robert Young) are making the right move, in Rich Man, Poor Girl, 1938, also starring Lana Turner and Lew Ayres.
Rich Man, Poor Girl (1938) -- (Movie Clip) Are You Sure You Had Shoes? Stealing the movie, supporting players Lew Ayres as cousin Henry, selling shoes, 18 year-old Lana Turner as sister Helen, learning to type, joining parents (Guy Kibbee, Sarah Padden) and brother (Don Castle) to meet heroine Joan (Ruth Hussey) at the station, in Rich Man, Poor Girl, 1938.
Rich Man, Poor Girl (1938) -- (Movie Clip) Tall, Rich And Handsome Instructive for anyone who might doubt the appeal of Lana Turner, here as sister "Helen," dining with family (Guy Kibbee, Sarah Padden, Don Castle, Lew Ayres as "Henry") when Joan (Ruth Hussey) announces she's engaged to her boss (Robert Young), early in MGM's Rich Man, Poor Girl, 1938.
Easiest Way, The (1931) -- (Movie Clip) Wear A Smile And Go As You Are New in the business model Laura (Constance Bennett) with savvy colleague Elfie (Marjorie Rambeau) is well off balance when the boss Brockton (Adolphe Menjou) calls her in for a look-see, in the MGM pre-code melodrama The Easiest Way, 1931.
Easiest Way, The (1931) -- (Movie Clip) Money's All That Counts The whole gang at the tenement, Laura Murdock (Constance Bennett) with Dad, Mom and sister (J. Farrell MacDonald, Clara Blandick, Anita Page), whose handsome boyfriend laundry-man Nick (Clark Gable) drops in, early in The Easiest Way, 1931, directed by Jack Conway.
Easiest Way, The (1931) -- (Movie Clip) I Must Be Happy Brought to Colorado to vacation with her sugar-daddy modeling agency boss, Laura (Constance Bennett) has just met handsome reporter Jack (Robert Montgomery), who will prove a temptation, in MGM's The Easiest Way, 1931.

Bibliography