Always Carole Landis

Filmography
Films are listed by release year, then by approximate production dates.
* = Carole's participation in these films is questionable

1937

A Day at the Races (MGM) *
A Star is Born (UA)
The Emperor’s Candlesticks (MGM) *
Broadway Melody of 1938 (MGM) *
The King & The Chorus Girl (WB) *
Fly Away Baby (WB) *
Varsity Show (WB)
Over the Goal (WB)
Alcatraz Island (WB) *
Missing Witnesses (WB)
The Adventurous Blonde (WB) *
She Loved a Fireman (WB)

1938

The Invisible Menace (WB)
Over the Wall (WB)
Hollywood Hotel (WB)
The Patient in Room 18 (WB)
Blondes at Work (WB)
Women Are Like That (WB)
A Slight Case of Murder (WB)
Love, Honor & Behave (WB)
He Couldn’t Say No (WB)
Men Are Such Fools (WB)
Torchy Blane in Panama (WB)
Penrod's Double Trouble (WB)
Gold Diggers in Paris (WB)
Four’s a Crowd (WB)
When Were You Born? (WB)
Boy Meets Girl (WB)
Girls on Probation (WB) *

1939

Three Texas Steers (Rep)
Reno (RKO)
Cowboys From Texas (Rep)
Daredevils of the Red Circle (Rep) (Serial)

1940

One Million BC (UA)
Turnabaout (UA)
Mystery Sea Raider (Paramount)

1941

Road Show (UA)
Topper Returns (UA)
Moon Over Miami (20th)
Dance Hall (20th)
Cadet Girl (20th)
I Wake Up Screaming (20th)

1942

A Gentleman at Heart (20th)
My Gal Sal (20th)
It Happened in Flatbush (20th)
Orchestra Wives (20th)
Manila Calling (20th)

1943

The Powers Girl (UA)
Wintertime (20th)

1944

Four Jills in a Jeep (20th)
Secret Command (Columbia)

1945

Having Wonderful Crime (RKO)

1946

Behind Green Lights (20th)
A Scandal in Paris (UA)
It Shouldn’t Happen to a Dog (20th)

1947

Out of the Blue (Eagle Lion)

1948

The Brass Monkey (UA)
    (US: Lucky Mascot)    
Noose (Monogram)
    (US: The Silk Noose)

1937

A DAY AT THE RACES

Produced & Distributed by: MGM         105 or 109 minutes
Release: 6-11-37    Production: 9-3-36 to 9-23-36

A STAR IS BORN

Produced by: Selznick International Pictures  Distributed by: United Artists    111 minutes
Release: 4-30-37    Production: November to 12-28-36, retakes January 1937
extra in the Santa Anita Racetrack scene (wearing beret?)

THE EMPEROR’S CANDLESTICKS

Produced & Distributed by: MGM        89, 90 or 92 minutes
Release: 7-2-37    Production: 3-11-37 to 4-22-37

BROADWAY MELODY OF 1938

Produced & Distributed by: MGM        110 minutes
Release: 8-20-37    Production: late February to 7-20-37

THE KING AND THE CHORUS GIRL

Produced & Distributed by: Warner Brothers    90 or 95 minutes
Release: 3-27-37
UK: ROMANCE IS SACRED

FLY AWAY BABY  (Torchy Blane series)

Produced & Distributed by: Warner Brothers    60 minutes
Release: 6-19-37
Carole Landis not clearly visible, unless it's her on a couch when
McBride & Torchy ask for Croy's hotel room number.

VARSITY SHOW

Produced & Distributed by: Warner Brothers    120 minutes
Release: 9-4-37 Directed by Busby Berkley
Carole Landis uncredited as one of the main dancers in the finale.
She is also visible in many scenes leading up to the finale.

OVER THE GOAL

Produced & Distributed by: Warner Brothers    63 minutes
Release: 10-16-37
Carole Landis is visible at about 9 minutes.  She is seated at a table, at a party.

ALCATRAZ ISLAND

Produced & Distributed by: Warner Brothers    60 or 64 minutes
Release: 11-6-37    Production: 5-24-37 to 6-14-37 & 8-5-37

MISSING WITNESSES

Produced & Distributed By: Warner Brothers
Release:
extra

THE ADVENTUROUS BLONDE (Torchy Blane series)

Produced & Distributed by: Warner Brothers    60 or 65 minutes
Release: 11-13-37    Production: late June 1937
Carole Landis not clearly visible

SHE LOVED A FIREMAN

Produced & Distributed by: Warner Brothers
Release:
sunbathing girl on rooftop

1938

THE INVISIBLE MENACE

Produced & Distributed by: Warner Brothers    54, 56 or 59 minutes
Release: 1-22-38
extra

OVER THE WALL

Produced & Distributed by: Warner Brothers    66 or 72 minutes
Release: 4-2-38    Production: started 7-29-37
Carole Landis uncredited as a moll at the beach and the apartment

HOLLYWOOD HOTEL

Produced & Distributed by: Warner Brothers    100, 103 or 109 minutes
Release: 1-15-38    Production: early August to early November 1937
Busby Berkley
Carole Landis as hat check girl

THE PATIENT IN ROOM 18

Produced & Distributed by: Warner Brothers    58 or 60 minutes
Release: 1-8-38    Production: started 8-29-37
extra, in background near start of film

BLONDES AT WORK (Torchy Blane series)

Produced & Distributed by: Warner Brothers    63 minutes
Release: 2-5-38    Production: early October to early November 1937
Carole Landis as Carol

WOMEN ARE LIKE THAT

Produced & Distributed by: Warner Brothers    75 or 78 minutes
Release: 4-23-38    Production: start 8-29-37
Carole is a girl at the party that speaks with Pat O'Brien

A SLIGHT CASE OF MURDER

Produced & Distributed by: Warner Brothers    85 minutes
Release: 3-5-38    Production: mid-October to late November 1937
Carole Landis is at Marko’s party over Edward G. Robinson’s shoulder
on the right during the “Singer’s” song, wearing a dotted dress

LOVE HONOR & BEHAVE

Produced & Distributed by: Warner Brothers    70 minutes
Release: 3-12-38    Production: November to late December 1937
Carole Landis is a party guest

HE COULDN’T SAY NO

Produced & Distributed by: Warner Brothers    57 or 61 minutes
Release: 3-19-38
Carole as an auction house cashier. Diana Lewis’ first major screen role.

MEN ARE SUCH FOOLS

Produced & Distributed by: Warner Brothers    66 OR 70 MINUTES
Release: 7-16-38    Production: mid-December 1937 to January 1938
Busby Berkley
Carole Landis as June Cooper, scenes start at the train station

TORCHY BLANE IN PANAMA

Produced & Distributed by: Warner Brothers
Release:
girl in cat suit on parade float, start of film

PENROD’S DOUBLE TROUBLE    (Penrod series)

Produced & Distributed by: Warner Brothers    60, 61 OR 65 MINUTES
Release: 7-23-38    Production: mid-December 1937 to mid-January 1938
extra

GOLD DIGGERS IN PARIS

Produced & Distributed by: Warner Brothers    95, 97 or 100 minutes
Release: 6-11-38    Production: mid-January to early March 1938
Busby Berkley
Carole Landis billed as a Gold Digger
UK: THE GAY IMPOSTERS

FOUR’S A CROWD

Produced & Distributed by: Warner Brothers    85 or 91 minutes
Release: 9-3-38    Production: early February to late March 1938
Carole Landis as Lansford’s second secretary

WHEN WERE YOU BORN?

Produced & Distributed by: Warner Brothers    65 minutes
Release: 6-18-38    Production: mid-February to mid-March 1938
Carole Landis is an extra prominent at about 9 minutes into the film.

BOY MEETS GIRL

Produced & Distributed by: Warner Brothers    86 minutes
Release: 8-27-38    Production: early March to early April 1938
Carole Landis as Commissary Cashier

GIRLS ON PROBATION

Produced & Distributed by: Warner Brothers    60 or 63 minutes
Release: 10-22-38    Production: 5-2-38 to early June 1938
Carole Landis was listed in the cast before production started,
but her participation has not been confirmed. She tested for "Hilda."

1939

THREE TEXAS STEERS (The Three Mesquiteers series)

Produced & Distributed by: Republic Pictures Corp.    56 minutes
Release: 5-12-39    Production: 3-17-39 to late March 1939
Carole Landis as Nancy Evans
UK: DANGER RIDES THE RANGE

RENO

Produced & Distributed by: RKO Radio Pictures    73 minutes
Release: 12-1-39    Production: late August to late September 1939
Carole Landis uncredited as Mrs. Humphrey

COWBOYS FROM TEXAS (The Three Mesquiteers series)

Produced & Distributed by: Republic Pictures Corp.    57 minutes
Release: 11-29-39    Production: 10-10-39 to 10-18-39
Carole Landis as June Jones

DAREDEVILS OF THE RED CIRCLE (12 chapter Serial)

Produced & Distributed by: Republic Pictures Corp.
Carole Landis as Blanche Granville

1940

ONE MILLION BC

Produced by: Hal Roach Studios     Distributed by: United Artists    80 minutes
Release: 4-5-40    Production: started early November 1939
Carole Landis as Loana
Academy Award nominations for Best Musical Score & Best Special Effects
UK: MAN & HIS MATE    1952 Re-release: CAVE MAN

TURNABOUT

Produced by: Hal Roach Studios     Distributed by: United Artists    83 minutes
Release: 5-17-40    Production: started 2-19-40
Carole Landis as Sally Willows

MYSTERY SEA RAIDER

Produced & Distributed by: Paramount Pictures    76 minutes
Release: 8-9-40    Production: started early May 1940
Carole Landis as June McCarthy

1941

ROAD SHOW

Produced by: Hal Roach Studios     Distributed by: United Artists    85 minutes
Release: 2-18-41    Production: July 1940
Carole Landis as Penguin Moore

TOPPER RETURNS

Produced by: Hal Roach Studios     Distributed by: United Artists    95 minutes
Release: 3-21-41    Production: early November to mid-December 1940
Carole Landis as Ann Carrington
Academy Award nominations for Best Sound Recording & Best Special Effects

MOON OVER MIAMI (Technicolor)

Produced & Distributed by: 20th Century Fox Film Corp.    92 minutes
Release: 7-4-41    Production: 3-3-41 to late April 1941
Carole Landis as Barbara Latimer
Previous working title: MIAMI    
Cypress Gardens in Winter Haven, FL, Silver Springs, FL, Rainbow Springs in Ocala, FL
were shooting locations outside of Hollywood.

DANCE HALL

Produced & Distributed by: 20th Century Fox Film Corp.    73 minutes
Release: 7-18-41     Production: 4-21-41 to mid-May 1941
Carole Landis as Lily Brown aka “Venus”
Previous working titles: THE BOUNCER & THE LADY, THE GIANT SWING
Elysian Park in Southern CA was used for outdoors scenes.
This film was upgraded by 20th & given an “A” class advertising budget.

CADET GIRL

Produced & Distributed by: 20th Century Fox Film Corp.    69 minutes
Release: 11-28-41    Production: started 7-14-41
Carole Landis as Gene Baxter
Her stand-in for this movie was Peggy McKenna.
Royalties from the song “Uncle Sam Gets Around” by Leo Robin & Ralph Rainger
were donated to the USO.

I WAKE UP SCREAMING

Produced & Distributed by: 20th Century Fox Film Corp.    82 minutes
Release: 11-14-41    Production: 7-21-41 to late August 1941, 9-5-41 retakes
Carole Landis as Vicky Lynn
20th originally released this film as HOT SPOT, but after the popularity of Photoplay’s
serialization of Steve Fisher’s book, the film name was changed back to the book title.
UK: HOT SPOT

1942

A GENTLEMAN AT HEART

Produced & Distributed by: 20th Century Fox Film Corp.    67 minutes
Release: 1-16-42    Production: completed 11-29-41
Carole Landis as Helen Mason

MY GAL SAL (Technicolor)

Produced & Distributed by: 20th Century Fox Film Corp.    101 or 103 minutes
Release: 5-8-42    Production: 12-26-41 to 2-27-42
Carole Landis as Mae Collins
Rita Hayworth replaced Alice Faye who went on maternity leave.

IT HAPPENED IN FLATBUSH

Produced & Distributed by: 20th Century Fox Film Corp.    80 minutes
Release: 5-30-42    Production: completed 3-26-42
Carole Landis as Kathryn Baker
Gilmore Field in LA doubled as New York.  The “Dodgers” name is not
anywhere in the movie for contract reasons with the baseball team.
Previous working title:  DEM LOVELY BUMS

ORCHESTRA WIVES

Produced & Distributed by: 20th Century Fox Film Corp.    97 minutes
Release: 9-4-42    Production: April 6-17, 22 to early June 1941
Carole Landis as Natalie Mercer
Academy Award nomination for “I’ve Got a Gal in Kalamazoo” as Best Song

MANILA CALLING

Produced & Distributed by: 20th Century Fox Film Corp.    81 minutes
Release: 10-16-42    Production: mid-June to 7-31-42
Carole Landis as Edna “Eddie” Fraser

1943

THE POWERS GIRL

Produced by: Rodgers Productions Inc. Distributed by: United Artists  93 minutes
Release: 1-15-43    Production: 8-24-42 to early October 1942
Carole Landis as Kay Evans
UK: HELLO BEAUTIFUL

WINTERTIME

Produced & Distributed by: 20th Century Fox Film Corp.    82 minutes
Release: 9-17-43    Production: mid-March to mid-July 1943
Carole Landis as Flossie Fouchere

1944

FOUR JILLS IN A JEEP

Produced & Distributed by: 20th Century Fox Film Corp.    89 minutes
Release: 3-44    Production: 10-18-43 to early December 1943
Carole Landis as herself
10-16-42 was the start date of her 3 month tour of England, Ireland, Scotland & Wales.
Then she spent 3 weeks touring North Africa—it was the first USO tour of that area.
On 1-5-43 she married US Army Air Force pilot Captain Thomas C. Wallace, after meeting him
in November 1942.

SECRET COMMAND

Produced by: Terneen Productions Distributed by: Columbia Pictures 80 minutes
Release: 6-13-44     Production: 1-17-44 to 3-8-44
Carole Landis as Jill McCann
Previous working titles: BY SECRET COMMAND, PILEBUCK
Academy Award nomination for Best Special Effects
This was the first production for Pat O’Brien & Phil Ryan’s Terneen Productions.

1945

HAVING WONDERFUL CRIME

Produced & Distributed by: RKO Radio Pictures    69 minutes
Release: week of 4-12-45    Production: 4-25-44 to 7-1-44
Carole Landis as Helene Justus
Malibu Lake, Del Monte, Carmel & the Lakeside Country Club were used for outdoor scenes.

1946

BEHIND GREEN LIGHTS

Produced & Distributed by: 20th Century Fox Film Corp.    64 minutes
Release: February 1946    Production: 9-13-45 to mid October 1945
Carole Landis as Janet Bradley
Previous working title: PRECINCT 33

A SCANDAL IN PARIS

Produced by: Arnold Productions    Distributed by: United Artists 97 or 100 minutes
Release: 7-19-46    Production: 10-8-45 to late November 1945
Carole Landis as Loretta
Previous working titles: VIDOCQ, THIEVES’ HOLIDAY
UK: THIEVES’ HOLIDAY

IT SHOULDN’T HAPPEN TO A DOG

Produced & Distributed by: 20th Century Fox Film Corp.    70 minutes
Release July 1946    Production: 1-22-46 to 2-21-46
Carole Landis as Julia Andrews
3 days during production were shot at the Warner Brothers studios.
Rodney the Doberman dog legally had his name changed from Griff for this, his first film.

1947

OUT OF THE BLUE

Produced & Distributed by: Eagle Lion Films     86 minutes
Release: 10-11-47    Production: 2-25-47 to early April 1947
Carole Landis as Mae Earthleigh

1948

THE BRASS MONKEY    (shot in the UK)

US: LUCKY MASCOT
Distributed by: United Artists
Carole Landis as Kay Sheldon

NOOSE        (shot in the UK)

US: THE SILK NOOSE
Produced & Distributed by: Monogram Studios
Carole Landis as Linda Medbury

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