Louise Currie

Louise Currie

a B movie and serial actress of the 1940s. Born Louise Gunter in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, she attended Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville, New York. Moving to Hollywood, Currie enrolled in Max Reinhardt's drama school. “At the time, I was not necessarily a movie fan, but once I came to California, of course, that’s what California’s all about, the movie industry.” Attracting the interest of movie scouts while appearing in one of the school’s stage productions, Currie surprised them by expressing no desire at that point to enter movies. She wanted to wait until she graduated, and was better equipped as an actress, before she decided her next career move. When she was ready, she signed with agent Sue Carol. After she made a movie at Columbia, Harry Cohn wanted to put her under contract, but Currie would have none of it – she thought it “would maybe be more interesting to freelance.” She stated in 1999 that that was “more fun for me because I was able to pick and choose and do what I wanted, rather than all the little contract players who had to do exactly as they were told and go into films that they didn’t want or like. So, I had my independence, and I chose to do it that way.” The not-overly-ambitious Currie worked steadily during the next few years, with small, uncredited parts in As and leads in Poverty Row flicks. She found herself in a bunch of Westerns – her bullwhip-carrying role in GUN TOWN was her favorite – and also as the heroine in Bela Lugosi’s THE APE MAN. She was again menaced by Bela in VOODOO MAN. Her most enduring and fondly remembered credit is ADVENTURES OF CAPTAIN MARVEL, considered by many the greatest cliffhanger of all time; two years later, she acted for 12 episodes opposite another serial marvel: THE MASKED MARVEL. Currie enjoyed the fast-paced shooting schedules of her B movies and serials: “Fortunately, I had enough training that I could do my scenes and not mess them up, not muff the lines. And I thought that was more stimulating and interesting than pictures like CITIZEN KANE [in which she played a reporter], where you just sat on a set for endless hours, doing nothing – which to me was just a trial and a bore. So I sort of enjoyed the activity, and the fact that you could do something quickly and do it well, and have it finished... But I’m sure that most of the people that started with big A productions would never have understood that, or been able to cope with it!” 

  • Title: Louise Currie
  • Popularity: 0.925
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1913-04-07
  • Place of Birth: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
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  • Also Known As: Louise Gunter
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Louise Currie Movies

  • 1966
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    Sakima and the Masked Marvel

    Sakima and the Masked Marvel

    6 1966 HD

    Feature version of the 1943 serial "The Masked Marvel", q.v., edited for television syndication and 16mm rental only.

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  • 1944
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    Million Dollar Kid

    Million Dollar Kid

    6.4 1944 HD

    The gang is friend with a millionaire because they saved him from an agression. However, the gang is suspecting that the man's son was actually one...

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  • 1944
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    Voodoo Man

    Voodoo Man

    5 1944 HD

    A mad doctor (Bela Lugosi) and his helpers (John Carradine, George Zucco) lure girls to his lab for brain work, to help his wife.

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  • 1943
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    His Wedding Scare

    His Wedding Scare

    1 1943 HD

    El and his new bride go on their honeymoon; no matter where they go, they keep running into her former husbands.

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  • 1943
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    The Ape Man

    The Ape Man

    4.2 1943 HD

    A scientist is turned into an ape man.

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  • 1947
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    Backlash

    Backlash

    4.9 1947 HD

    In a series of flashbacks, shows that attorney John Morland has given a lift to a hitchhiker who turns out to be a murderer. As a result, Morland...

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  • 1944
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    Forty Thieves

    Forty Thieves

    3 1944 HD

    When he runs for sheriff, Hoppy is beaten by Jerry Doyle, the gutless wonder voted for by every crook in town. When Hoppy moves to have the new...

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  • 1947
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    Second Chance

    Second Chance

    5 1947 HD

    Jewel thieves battle investigators.

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  • 1947
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    The Chinese Ring

    The Chinese Ring

    4.9 1947 HD

    Soon after a Chinese princess comes to the US to buy planes for her people, she is murdered by a poison dart fired by an air rifle.

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  • 1941
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    Dude Cowboy

    Dude Cowboy

    6 1941 HD

    A Nevada rancher goes undercover for the U. S. Secret Service to help capture a gang of counterfeiters. Director David Howard's 1941 B-western stars...

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  • 1942
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    Stardust on the Sage

    Stardust on the Sage

    5 1942 HD

    A singing cowboy (Gene Autry) and his partner (Bill Henry) thwart a foreman who wants their mine.

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  • 1949
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    And Baby Makes Three

    And Baby Makes Three

    4.875 1949 HD

    A recently divorced couple see things differently after learning they are going to be parents.

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  • 1943
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    The Masked Marvel

    The Masked Marvel

    4.7 1943 HD

    A team of two-fisted insurance investigators (one of whom disguises himself as The Masked Marvel) endeavor to discover and thwart the loathsome...

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  • 1997
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    Lugosi: Hollywood's Dracula

    Lugosi: Hollywood's Dracula

    8 1997 HD

    Lugosi: Hollywood's Dracula uncovers the life and career of legendary actor Bela Lugosi, examining his early life in Hungary and Germany through his...

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  • 1940
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    Billy the Kid Outlawed

    Billy the Kid Outlawed

    1 1940 HD

    In the first of the six films Bob Steele made in PRC's "Billy the Kid" series, gun law rules in Lincoln County, New Mexico in 1972, where Sam Daly...

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  • 1947
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    The Crimson Key

    The Crimson Key

    4.3 1947 HD

    Larry Morgan, a private detective, is hired by a woman who wants Larry to trail her husband. The husband is murdered and, shortly afterwards, the...

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  • 1944
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    Christmas Holiday

    Christmas Holiday

    6.4 1944 HD

    Don't be fooled by the title. Christmas Holiday is a far, far cry from It's a Wonderful Life. Told in flashback, the story begins as Abigail Martin...

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  • 1941
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    Double Trouble

    Double Trouble

    1 1941 HD

    Harry Langdon and Charley Rogers star in this 1941 Monogram comedy, about two bumbling brothers who take jobs at a New York food cannery and...

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  • 1947
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    Three on a Ticket

    Three on a Ticket

    5.8 1947 HD

    A private detective, who has been shot, stumbles into the office of Michael Shayne (Hugh Beaumont), and dies before Shayne can question him. Shayne...

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  • 1940
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    The Green Hornet Strikes Again!

    The Green Hornet Strikes Again!

    6.2 1940 HD

    Second serial featuring The Green Hornet and Kato.

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  • 1940
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    Billy the Kid's Gun Justice

    Billy the Kid's Gun Justice

    4 1940 HD

    Escaping from the law once again, Billy, Fuzzy, and Jeff ride to the ranch of Jeff's uncle only to find another family living their. They soon learn...

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  • 1943
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    A Blitz on the Fritz

    A Blitz on the Fritz

    1 1943 HD

    Harry is a patriotic citizen who starts a scrap drive but he soon encounters a group of Nazi spies and their hideout.

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  • 1942
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    Tireman, Spare My Tires

    Tireman, Spare My Tires

    1 1942 HD

    Harry picks up a hitchhiker who turns out to be a runaway heiress. Under threat, Harry agrees to help her hide by pretending to be husband and wife.

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  • 1940
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    You'll Find Out

    You'll Find Out

    5.4 1940 HD

    The manager of Kay Kyser’s band books them for a birthday party bash for an heiress at a spooky mansion, where sinister forces try to kill her.

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  • 1941
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    Citizen Kane

    Citizen Kane

    8.003 1941 HD

    Newspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane is taken from his mother as a boy and made the ward of a rich industrialist. As a result, every well-meaning,...

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  • 1941
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    The Pinto Kid

    The Pinto Kid

    1 1941 HD

    Pinto Kid was one of Charles Starrett's last "formula" westerns before he permanently assumed the screen guise of the Durango Kid. The story takes...

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  • 1946
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    Wild West

    Wild West

    1 1946 HD

    Eddie and his sidekicks have been called in to help get a new telegraph line through. Dawson and his men along with his stooge Judge are out to stop...

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  • 1946
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    Gun Town

    Gun Town

    1 1946 HD

    Indian Agent Kip Lewis arrives in Gun Town where Buckskin Sawyer is having her payroll shipments robbed by Indians. Kip and his men are ready the...

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  • 1943
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    Around the World

    Around the World

    5 1943 HD

    Bandleader Kay Kyser takes his troupe of nutty musicians, goofball comics and pretty girl singers on a tour around the world to entertain the troops...

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  • 1941
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    Adventures of Captain Marvel

    Adventures of Captain Marvel

    6.2 1941 HD

    On a scientific expedition to Siam young Billy Batson is given the ability to change himself into the super-powered Captain Marvel by the wizard...

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  • 1941
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    Look Who's Laughing

    Look Who's Laughing

    5.5 1941 HD

    Fibber McGee enlists the help of Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy in enticing an aircraft manufacturer to build a factory in the small town of...

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  • 1951
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    Queen for a Day

    Queen for a Day

    6 1951 HD

    Adapted from the TV and radio series of the same name, the producer of said show reads letters from three woman providing the framing story for this...

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  • 1942
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    The Bashful Bachelor

    The Bashful Bachelor

    4.5 1942 HD

    Lum Edwards is annoyed with his partner in Pine Ridge's Jot-'em-Down general store, Abner Peabody, because Abner has swapped their delivery car for a...

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  • 1986
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    Lugosi: The Forgotten King

    Lugosi: The Forgotten King

    1 1986 HD

    A one hour documentary on the life of one of Hollywood's neglected horror icons, hosted by fear fan extraordinare Forrest J Ackerman & interviews...

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