Jane Barnes
Acting
Biography
Jane Barnes was born on August 17, 1915 in Mansfield, Massachusetts, USA. She was an actress, known for Frontier Justice (1936), The White Parade (1934) and Man of the People (1937). She was married to Carlyle Moore Jr.. She died on March 20, 1998 in Victorville, California, USA.
Born: August 17, 1915
Place of Birth: Mansfield, Massachusetts, USA
Known For
Hollywood - The Second Step
This short follows the early career of actress Jane Barnes. She starts by doing extra work. After several months she is offered a studio contract (the "first step"). However, her work consists mostly of fashion shoots and bit parts that end up on the cutting room floor. She is even used as a stand-in for Maureen O'Sullivan on the set of a Tarzan movie when camera angles and lighting must be set up.
A Star Is Born
Esther Blodgett is just another starry-eyed farm kid trying to break into the movies. Waitressing at a Hollywood party, she catches the eye of her idol Norman Maine, is sent for a screen test, and before long attains stardom as newly minted Vicki Lester. She and Norman marry, though his career soon dwindles to nothing due to his chronic alcoholism.
Man Of The People
An Italian immigrant studying the law gets mixed up with crooks.
The Gay Deception
A wide-eyed working girl wins a $5,000 sweepstakes and plunges into the lush life of New York City, where she meets a bellboy who is more than he seems.
I Live My Life
A society girl tries to make a go of her marriage to an archaeologist.
Broadway Serenade
A married singer, pianist/composer team are struggling to hit it big in New York. Finally, they audition before a Broadway producer, but the producer only wants the singer, leaving the husband without a job and feeling a failure.
Elinor Norton
A romantic triangle during WW I provides the basis of this drama. The trouble begins when a young wife gets involved with a coffee baron while her husband is off fighting WW I. Her shell-shocked husband finally returns. He is terribly jealous. To help him, the wife takes him to a Western dude ranch. Her lover also goes, and the two men soon become friends. The coffee magnate helps to cure him, but then breaks his heart by telling him that he and the wife are planning to run away.
Winter Carnival
A divorced glamour girl keeps warm with a professor amid sports and romance at Dartmouth College's Winter Carnival.
The Amazing Mr. Williams
Kenny Williams, a lieutenant on the homicide squad, is engaged to Maxine Carroll, the Mayor's secretary. Or isn't he rather married with his job? For each time he has a date with his longtime fiancée, he is prevented from keeping it by his devotion to duty. Maxine, in desperation, decides to take action and bring Kenny to the altar. Who will win, Maxine's curves or the glorious fight against crime?
We Who Are Young
A man violates company policy by getting married.
Filmography
as Minor Role (uncredited)
as Office Girl (uncredited)
as Office Girl
as Wedding Guest (uncredited)
as Waitress (uncredited)
as Aileen
as 1st 5&10 Salesgirl (uncredited)
as Waitress #1 (uncredited)
as Marie Rosetti
as Actress
as Ethel Gordon
as Herself
as Marjorie Baxter
as Ruth (Uncredited)
as Hazel (uncredited)
as Casquette Girl (uncredited)
as Publisher's Staff
as Angie