Virginia Mayo
21 titles
Filmography
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Pearl of the South Pacific
(1955)When outsiders plan to steal a fortune in black pearls from island natives, they get more than they bargained for.
The Silver Chalice
(1954)He looks like Marlon Brando, some reviewers said of this movie's 29-year-old star, but those comparisons would soon end. Soon to impress with his own intense brilliance, Paul Newman made his movie debut in this Biblical saga in the mode of Quo Vadis and The Robe. Set in Rome during the early Christian era, if focuses on an ill-fated sculptor sold into slavery and torn between his adoring wife (Pier Angeli) and a wily temptress (Virginia Mayo) - and threatened in his work by a power-mad sorcerer (Jack Palance) bent on overturning Christianity and becoming his own "true Messiah." The Silver Chalice's cast also includes Lorne Green, E.G. Marshall and a blonde Natalie Wood. But Newman is the movie's heart. "This young man," director Victor Saville predicted, "is destined for great things."

Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.
(1951)Hornblower (Gregory Peck) battles the French and the Spanish forces during the Napoleonic wars, but also finds time for romance.

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
(1947)The longing to escape his tedious life leads a daydreaming magazine proofreader on a hero’s journey to save a damsel in distress from jewel thieves.

Wonder Man
(1945)After being murdered by gangsters, an exuberant nightclub entertainer returns as a ghost to persuade his meek twin brother to help bring his killers to justice.

A Song Is Born
(1948)With her gangster boyfriend under investigation by the police, a nightclub singer hides out in a musical research institution staffed by bachelor professors - one of whom begins to fall for her.

The Princess and the Pirate
(1944)A cowardly actor and a runaway princess are voyaging on a ship that is captured by a notorious pirate who recently buried his treasure on a secretly mapped island.

Westbound
(1959)John Hayes, a Civil War veteran, fights to protect a gold shipment from a bitter Confederate officer, Clay Putnam. Clay wants to revive the Confederate cause and plans to steal a shipment. His wife complicates matters since she is Hayes's old flame.

Fort Dobbs
(1958)Fleeing from a lynch mob, accused murderer Gar Davis tries to find refuge on a local ranch, only to save Celia Gray from attackers. Due to a misunderstanding, Gray believes Davis murdered her husband, and he must find a way to prove his innocence.

The Tall Stranger
(1957)A Union officer is wounded in battle and left for dead. Rescued by a wagon train, he's nursed back to health and offers to guide the wagons west but the Confederates among the passengers ostracise him.

The Kid from Brooklyn
(1946)In order to win the heart of a nightclub singer, a sheepish milkman decides to train to become a boxer after knocking out a famed prize fighter.

The West Point Story
(1950)Academy Award winner James Cagney puts on his dancing shoes again for The West Point Story, a spirited comedy packed with star-power and tunes by vetran songwriters Jule Styne and Sammy Cahn.
The Girl from Jones Beach
(1949)Former United States President Ronald Reagan stars as a magazine illustrator who has drawn the "perfect woman" for an illustration ... but then he finds her in real life when he meets The Girl from Jones Beach.

South Sea Woman
(1953)On the eve of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, two marines (Burt Lancaster and Chuck Conners) fight over the same brassy nightclub photographer (Virginia Mayo) in Singapore. Now the two make their way across the enemy-held Pacific to return to their units in Hawaii--only to face a court-martial, and the only person who can clear them of the charge of desertion is the woman they left half a world away.
Painting The Clouds With Sunshine
(1951)
Fort Utah
(1967)A drifter and an Indian agent help pioneers against marauding cavalrymen and vengeance-bent Indians.

Backfire
(1950)A veteran attempts to investigate the disappearance of his army buddy by following a series of clues but is led into a maze of murder and violence.
Seven Days Ashore
(1944)A sailor enlists his fellow Merchant Marines to help with an excess of girlfriends while on leave in this romantic comedy. Furloughed in San Francisco, Dan Arland (Gordon Oliver) gets mixed up with three amorous females and tries to pass two of them off to his pals Monty (Wally Brown) and Orville (Alan Carney) while he devotes his time to debutante Annabelle (played by future news journalist Elaine Shepard). Virginia Mayo stars in an early role, and Dooley Wilson (Sam in Casablanca), Freddie Slack and His Orchestra, and the zany "corn aggregation" led by Freddie "Schnickelfritz" Fisher provide musical breaks.

The Bible According to Hollywood
(1994)A documentary with clips and interviews on Hollywood’s adaptation of Biblical stories into epic films, from the life of Moses to Samson and Delilah.

Midnight Witness
(1993)Videotaped proof of rogue police officers beating a motorist to death puts the couple who witnessed it on the run from the cops and murder charges.