Evelyn Foster Movies
- 1936
Charlie Naughton and Jimmy Gold play dimwitted detectives Smith and Smythe in the British farce Highland Fling. The story gets under way when Smith--or is it Smythe?--suggests that two of them go to Scotland, in search of a valuable will. Once they've arrived in a dank Scottish castle, Smythe--or is it Smith?--begins seeing ghosts. The clue to the missing will rests in a mantle clock....which is also missing. Highland Fling received limited American release through the auspices of 20th Century-Fox. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- 1936
Playwright Terene Rattigan adapted Ivar and Sheila Campbell's story for The Belles of St. Clements. We start out when schoolgirl Evelyn Foster escapes an arranged marriage. While in mid-escape, Foster accepts a lift from motorist Basil Langton. She soon learns that Langton is himself on the lam, since he's suspected of being a thief. In trying to prove Langton's innocence, Foster is on the receiving end of more excitement than she bargained for. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- 1935
In this comedy a boy defies his mother and leaves military school. The mother is angry and heartbroken as she has spent almost all she has in the hopes that he will pursue a military career. With the little she has left over, she has his sister, who dreams of being a nurse, open a hat shop. More trouble ensues when the girl's fiance is lured away by a seductive French girl. Suddenly, her no-good brother reappears, steals the heart of the Parisian, and is redeemed. Happiness ensues all around. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
- 1935
D.W. Griffith served as supervisor (but not director) for the Fine Arts production Cross Currents. Helen Ware plays Elizabeth Crane, the fiancee of handsome and wealthy Paul Beale Courtenay Foote. Upon learning that her kid sister Flavia (Teddy Sampson) is hopelessly in love with Beale, Elizabeth nobly steps aside to allow sis to marry the man. After the marriage, Beale and Flavia go on a yachting voyage, accompanied by Elizabeth and several other wedding guests. The yacht catches fire, stranding Elizabeth and Beale together on a desert island. By an amazing coincidence, the island is inhabited by one of Elizabeth's former suitors, Silas Randolph (Sam DeGrasse). The two men fight over Elizabeth's attentions, and for a moment it looks as though the physically stronger Silas will win. But Elizabeth takes a hand in matters by killing Silas, allowing her and Beale to live as common-law husband and wife until their rescue. Returning to civilization, the couple discovers that Flavia is pregnant with Beale's child. With the same nobility she exhibited in reel one, Elizabeth once again removes herself from Beale's life, insisting that he "belongs" to Flavia and swearing him to silence regarding their idyllic island romance. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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