Maxine Jennings
Acting
Biography
Born as Maxine Leah Jennings. She was an actress known for Don't Turn 'em Loose (1936), There Goes My Girl (1937) and Mr. Wong Detective (1938).
Born: March 8, 1909
Place of Birth: Portland, Oregon, USA
Known For
Cocoon
In this pilot film to the "Hawaii Five-0" television series, special law officer Steve McGarrett tracks down Red Chinese operatives and their spy ring in Honolulu.
Roberta
Football player John Kent tags along as Huck Haines and the Wabash Indianians travel to an engagement in Paris, only to lose it immediately. John and company visit his aunt, owner of a posh fashion house run by her assistant, Stephanie. There they meet the singer Scharwenka (alias Huck's old friend Lizzie), who gets the band a job. Meanwhile, Madame Roberta passes away and leaves the business to John and he goes into partnership with Stephanie.
Love on a Bet
An aspiring theater producer convinces his wealthy uncle to finance a play on the condition that he lives the play’s far-fetched plot: making a cross-country trip with no money.
On Again—Off Again
This wacky vaudeville-style romp casts the irreverent comedy team as feuding co-owners of a drug company, William “Willy” Hobbs and Claude Augustus Horton, who agree to wrestle each other for the sole ownership of the business. The winner will take the company and the loser must become the other’s valet for a year. But when Hobbs loses, he sends his wife to Florida and schemes to trick Horton. What follows are hilarious hijinks as only Wheeler and Woolsey can pull off!
Old Man Rhythm
Romantic rivalries between father and son enrolled at the same college.
The Witness Chair
Late one night, secretary Paula Young (Ann Harding) leaves the office of her boss, Stanley Whittaker (Douglas Dumbrille, locking the door and taking the stairs to avoid being seen by the elevator operator (Frank Jenks). The next morning, the cleaning lady finds Whittaker's dead body, an apparent suicide. Police Lieutenant Poole (Moroni Olsen) finds a letter signed by Whittaker in which the deceased states he embezzled $75,000. Soon, however, he suspects otherwise and, after investigating, arrests widower James "Jim" Trent (Walter Abel), the vice president of Whittaker.
Maybe It's Love
Director William C. McGann's 1935 film stars Gloria Stuart and Ross Alexander as a young couple in love who face economic woes once they're wed.
Chatterbox
Teenage orphan Jenny Yates becomes starstruck when a revival of an old Victorian melodrama passes through her small New England town, to the disapproval of her stern grandfather, Uriah. Stowing away in the car of Philip Greene, a wealthy young man working with the theater troupe, Jenny talks her way into the play's lead role. But director Archie Fisher doesn't tell her that the new version of the play is meant as a spoof.
A Night at the Biltmore Bowl
Join vocalists broadcasting from the Biltmore Bowl in Los Angeles.
Walking on Air
A strong-willed young woman hires a student to impersonate a boorish French count and brings him home to meet her parents.
Filmography
as Mildred - Governor's Secretary
as WAC Sgt. Polly Williams
as Myra Ross
as Mrs. Errol
as Wedding Guest (uncredited)
as Gloria
as Miss Meeker
as Miss Caldwell - Actress
as Jean Jason
as (uncredited)
as Perfume Salesgirl (uncredited)
as Clara Simpson
as Miss Marian Moore
as Nellie - Phoney Mrs. Williams
as Flo Quinlan
as Jones & Co. Receptionist (uncredited)
as Billings' Secretary
as Tillie Jones
as Girl in Waiting Car (uncredited)
as Maud Durant
as Telephone Operator
as Cleo
as Herself
as Sixth Girl in 'I Dream Too Much' Number (uncredited)
as Wife
as College Girl
as Dancer (uncredited)
as (uncredited)
as Office Worker (uncredited)