Una O'Connor
9 titles
Filmography
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Cavalcade
(1933)In this Best Picture Oscar Winner based on Noel Coward's classic play, a British family's triumphs and tragedies unfold across the decades of the early twentieth century. The sweeping saga follows two families - a wealthy London family and their servant couple - from the time the men go off to war, to Queen...

The Invisible Man
(1933)Claude Rains stars in this thriller, based on H.G. Wells' novel, about a mysterious doctor who discovers a serum that makes him invisible and then slowly drives him to commit acts of terror.

It All Came True
(1940)Killer Chips Maguire (Humphrey Bogart) is cooling his heels where the cops will never find him: a shabby boarding house run by two dear old ladies who cluck over Chips like devoted mother hens. When Chips finds out the biddies owe past taxes, he hits on a can't-miss scheme. He talks his fellow boarders, zanies all, into turning the house into a Gay '90s-themed nightclub! Fans who know the pre-stardom Bogart for his string of compelling performances as tightly coiled heavies in gangster sagas are in for a treat as Bogie unwinds with deadpan cracks in this appealing crime comedy. On hand to help make sure It All Came True are Ann Sheridan and character greats Zasu Pitts, Una O'Connor and Felix Bressart.

This Land Is Mine
(1943)When Nazi troops seize his town, timid schoolmaster Albert Lory (Charles Laughton) submits to his new masters, although he cannot help but be inspired by the defiance of many of his fellow citizens. Then Albert is hauled before a tribunal, falsely accused of murder. Standing alone against the power of the Third Reich, this seemingly weak man then reveals an invincible soul. Three of cinema's most acclaimed talents – Laughton, director Jean Renoir (Grand Illusion) and screenwriter Dudley Nichols (Stagecoach) – unite for this moving portrait of the heroism of everyday men and women. The stellar cast includes Maureen O'Hara (Laughton's protégée and his The Hunchback of Notre Dame co-star) as the colleague he secretly loves, George Sanders as a covert collaborator, and Walter Slezak as a wily Nazi officer who holds Albert's fate in his hands.

The Canterville Ghost
(1944)Three hundred years ago, when Sir Simon's cowardice brought shame to theCantervilles, he was cursed to haunt the family manor as The CantervilleGhost.England, World War II. It's been three centuries, and Sir Simon (CharlesLaughton) can't even scare eight-year-old Lady Jessica (MargaretO'Brien), the current lady of the manor. Only an honest act of selflesscourage by a Canterville descendent can ...
The Informer
(1935)Winner of four Academy Awards, this powerful and suspenseful drama tells the story of a hard-drinking Irish man who betrays his wanted friend for a mere twenty pounds during the Irish Rebellion of 1922. Nominated for Best Picture, this critically acclaimed film brought Oscars to Academy Award-winning director/producer John Ford ("She Wore A Yellow Ribbon," "Rio Bravo," "The Grapes of Wrath"), actor Victor McLaglen ("Gunga Din," "Fort Apache"), composer Max Stein ("Casablanca") and writer Dudley Nichols ("Stagecoach").

Stingaree
(1934)A young woman is seduced by a charismatic highwayman who offers her promises of fame as a singer in exchange for romance.

The Strawberry Blonde
(1941)James Cagney, Olivia de Havilland and Rita Hayworth sparkle in this comedy about a man who wonders if he should have married his wife or his former girlfriend, The Strawberry Blonde.One Sunday afternoon at the turn of the 20th century, Hugo Barnstead (Jack Carson) walks into the office of dentist Biff Grimes (Academy Award winner Cagney--Yankee Doodle Dandy, The Roaring Twenties). Hugo doesn't suspect that Biff--with good reason--intends to murder him. Biff's memory wanders back to the events years before when his partner, Hugo, set him up for a prison term then married his girlfriend, Virginia Brush (Hayworth--Gilda, Pal Joey). But as Biff imagines what his life would have been were he married to Virginia, he realizes that he is much happier wed to Amy (Academy Award winner de Havilland--Gone with the Wind, The Adventures of Robin Hood) and lets his intended victim leave with nothing more than a very sore jaw.