Martha O'Driscoll

Known for Acting

3/4/1922

Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA

Biography

Martha O'Driscoll (March 4, 1922 - November 3, 1998) was an American film actress from 1937 until 1947. She retired from the screen in 1947 after marrying her second husband, Arthur I. Appleton, president of Appleton Electric Company in Chicago.

Known For (41 credits)

3.5

Movie

The Many Faces of Dracula

2000

Hosted by Christopher Lee, this documentary examines the different actors who have portrayed Dracula over the years.

Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'

6.9

Movie

Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'

1999

Starting with "The Wolf Man" (in 1941), Universal Studios made five movies featuring The Wolf Man, a character portrayed by Lon Chaney, Jr. Monster by Moonlight! explores these movies. Rick Baker explains how the make-up was done on Chaney's character. Screenwriter Curtis Siodmak took very little from earlier werewolf legends, providing his own story for some of the films. This documentary displays clips from several other movies, including "Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein" (1948) and "House of Dracula" (1945).

Movie

The Wolfman's Cure

1998

Shortened home-movie version of the 1945 feature film “ House Of Dracula” from Castle Films.

10.0

Movie

Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook

1991

A history of the famous vampire of books and movies, using film clips, previews and other methods.

5.2

Movie

Carnegie Hall

1947

A young Irishwoman comes to the United States to live and work with her mother as a cleaning lady at Carnegie Hall. She becomes attached to the place as the people she meets there gradually shape her life. The film also includes a variety of performances from some of the foremost musical artists of the times: conductors Bruno Walter & Leopold Stokowski, solists Arthur Rubinstein & Jascha Haifetz, singers Lily Pons & Jan Peerce and bandleader Vaughn Monroe among many others.

5.3

Movie

Criminal Court

1946

A lawyer who is planning to run for District Attorney accidentally kills a gangster who owns the nightclub where the attorney's girlfriend is a singer. Although he manages to cover up his involvement in the crime, his girlfriend discovers the body and is subsequently charged with the murder.

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Down Missouri Way

1946

When an agricultural professor returns home to the farm with her scientifically-raised mule for a needed rest, they find themselves caught up in a movie being filmed in the Ozarks.

3.9

Movie

Blonde Alibi

1946

Soon after a young woman breaks off her engagement to a doctor, the doctor is found murdered. Suspicion falls on his ex-fiancé and a pilot with a checkered past.

5.5

Movie

House of Dracula

1945

A scientist working on cures for rare afflictions, such as a bone softening agent made from molds to allow him to correct the spinal deformity of his nurse, finds the physical causes of lycanthropy in wolf-man Larry Talbot and of vampirism in Count Dracula, but himself becomes afflicted with homicidal madness while exchanging blood with Dracula.

3.0

Movie

The Daltons Ride Again

1945

The notorious Dalton Boys have decided to go straight and move to Argentina. Just before they leave, they learn of a friend whose land is about to be seized by a greedy land company. Before they can help, the man is killed by a company assassin. The brothers do manage to rescue his widow and head for the hills. There, they decide to revert back to outlaw life. Meanwhile, a newspaper publisher's daughter falls for one of the brothers.

5.8

Movie

Shady Lady

1945

A crook becomes the victim of a crafty card player who works for the District Attorney.

4.5

Movie

Her Lucky Night

1945

In this romantic comedy, three man-hungry sisters consult a fortune-teller to help them with their romantic futures.