Winnie Lightner
Know for: Acting
Born: 1899-09-16
Place of birth: Greenport, New York, USA
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She Had to Say Yes (1933)
Florence Denny is Tommy Nelson's girlfriend and secretary at a clothing manufacturer during the Great Depression. In order to boost sales they have...
Gold Diggers of Broadway (1929)
Three Broadway chorus girls seek rich husbands.
Sit Tight (1931)
Winnie Lightner is the head of a health clinic and has Joe E. Brown as one of her employees. Brown is a wrestler named JoJo and he is forced to enter...
She Couldn't Say No (1930)
A night club singer falls for a gangster.
Manhattan Parade (1931)
Director Lloyd Bacon's 1931 drama takes a different look at the Broadway arena by focusing on the owners of a theatrical costume shop.
The Life of the Party (1930)
Two female song-pluggers decide to become ruthless gold-diggers, with comic results.
Side Show (1931)
A circus side show performer tries to discourage her younger sister from following in her footsteps.
Gold Dust Gertie (1931)
Early 30s pre-code comedy about a woman attempting to get her two ex-husbands to pay back alimony.
Play Girl (1932)
A young innocent falls for a compulsive gambler.
An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee (1930)
Mr. and Mrs. Warner Bros. Pictures and their precocious offspring, Little Miss Vitaphone, host a dinner in honor of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee,...
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films (2011)
Among the pieces featured in Fragments are the final reel of John Ford's The Village Blacksmith (1922) and a glimpse at Emil Jannings in The Way of...
The Stolen Jools (1931)
Famous actress Norma Shearer's jewels are stolen… (Star-packed promotional short film intended to raise funds for the National Variety Artists...
Show of Shows (1929)
Now hear this. The studio that gave the cinema its voice offered 1929 audiences a chance to see and hear multiple silent-screen favorites for the...
Hold Everything (1930)
A man is mistaken for a champion fighter.
Dancing Lady (1933)
Janie lives to dance and will dance anywhere, even stripping in a burlesque house. Tod Newton, the rich playboy, discovers her there and helps her...
I'll Fix It (1934)
A power-broker ward-heeler, Bill Grimes, wields more power than the elected politicians and has no problem in getting matters-of-the-city handled in...