Adele Watson
Acting
Biography
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Born: January 2, 1890
Place of Birth: Morris, Minnesota, USA
Known For
The Public Enemy
Two young Chicago hoodlums, Tom Powers and Matt Doyle, rise up from their poverty-stricken slum life to become petty thieves, bootleggers and cold-blooded killers. But with street notoriety and newfound wealth, the duo feels the heat from the cops and rival gangsters both. Despite his ruthless criminal reputation, Tom tries to remain connected to his family, however, gang warfare and the need for revenge eventually pull him away.
Navy Blues
On shore leave, a young sailor meets and falls in love with a pretty young blonde. He goes home with her to meet her parents, but they don't approve of him at all. Their daughter takes offense at this, and in the ensuing argument she storms out of the house determined to live on her own.
Saturday's Lesson
A man dressed as the devil scares the gang into minding their mothers.
Pilgrimage
A mother from Arkansas is very possessive of her grown son. To prevent him from getting married she has him drafted into WW I.
Street Scene
The setting is a city block during a sweltering summer, where the residents serve as representatives of the not-very-idealized American melting pot. There is idle chitchat, gossip, jealousy, racism, adultery, and suddenly but not unexpectedly, a murder.
Pack Up Your Troubles
The story begins in 1917 with Stan and Ollie being drafted into the U.S. Army to fight in World War I. While in the Army, the pair befriend a man named Eddie Smith, who is killed by the enemy during a battle. After the war is over, Stan and Ollie venture to New York City, where they begin a quest to reunite Eddie's little daughter with her rightful family. The task proves both monumental and problematic as the boys discover just how many people in New York have the last name Smith.
Choo-Choo!
The gang trades places with a group of orphans about to take a train ride.
Arrowsmith
A medical researcher is sent to a plague outbreak, where he has to decide priorities for the use of a vaccine.
The Purchase Price
Nightclub singer Joan Gordon runs away from her gangster boyfriend to become a mail-order bride to a struggling North Dakota farmer. Their relationship has a rocky start, but just as Joan realizes she's developing feelings for her husband, her old boyfriend arrives to win her back.
Three on a Match
Although Vivian Revere is seemingly the most successful of a trio of reunited schoolmates, she throws it away by descending into a life of debauchery and drugs.
Filmography
as Ship's Nurse (uncredited)
as Annie
as Mrs. Sarah Tipton (uncredited)
as Woman With Orphans
as Mrs. Novak (uncredited)
as Martha - Connie's Maid
as Olga Olsen
as Mrs. Doyle (uncredited)
as Wheeler's Secretary (uncredited)
as Ms. Jenks
as Head of Ladies Uplift Society
as Secretary
as The Other Kids' Mom
as Miss Dunn (uncredited)
as Miss Duncan
as Snitcher
as First Assistant Matron (episode 1)
as Maid (uncredited)
as Investigator
as Timothea
as Gossip
as Aunt
as Farmer's Wife
as Annie
as Mrs. Ruggles
as Mrs. Tod Hake
as Sarah - Theodora's Older Sister #2 (uncredited)