Norma Eberhardt Movies
- 1969
Klink trembles in anticipation of a visit from his old flame Marlene Schneider (Norma Eberhardt. Convinced that he is still "irresistible" to Marlene, Klink worries that he will incur the wrath of the lady's new husband, SS officer Count Von Heffernick (Ben Wright). Conversely, Hogan is delighted by the couple's arrival; he hopes to plant a short-wave radio in the Count's Paris-bound honeymoon car. The ending of this episode is a good illustration of actor Werner Klemperer's insistence that his character, Colonel Klink, should never come out on top -- not even when he deserves it. Written by Arthur Julian, "Klink's Old Flame" originally aired on February 8, 1969. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Bob Crane, Werner Klemperer, (more)
- 1959
Once again, Friday (Jack Webb) and Smith (Ben Alexander) leave the confines of their downtown police station to venture into the wilds of Hollywood. 16-year-old movie starlet Joan Hamblin (Norma Eberhardt) has reported that a forged check has somehow shown up in her bank account. Can it be that someone within the girl's "trusted" entourage is taking advantage of her celebrity? (Coincidentally, some of the best lines in this episode go to Ben Alexander--who had once been a child movie star himself). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1958
In this low-budget crime drama a runaway girl joins a gang of jewel thieves and finds herself leading an exciting luxurious life until her older sister shows up during a caper and gets her and the rest of the gang in trouble. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Mary Murphy, Norma Eberhardt, (more)
- 1958
Originally released as The Return of Dracula (and also known by the irrelevant title The Fantastic Disappearing Man), this interesting vampire variant on Shadow of a Doubt finds the infamous Count (Francis Lederer) leaving his castle digs in Transylvania and departing for the United States after killing an artist and assuming his identity. Passing himself off as a distant relative, he settles in with the Mayberry family in California, where he begins seeking fresh victims. The suspicions of young Rachel Mayberry (Norma Eberhardt) regarding her pale visitor's eerie nocturnal habits prove well-founded after the mysterious death of her best friend, and she soon discovers her own ghastly role in the Count's master plan; her only hope lies with an expatriate police inspector, who may be familiar with the ways of the undead. Played refreshingly straight, this modest Universal production benefits from Lederer's compelling performance as the seductive Count and several unique plot twists (including a blind girl who becomes sighted on turning into a vampire). ~ Cavett Binion, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Francis Lederer, Norma Eberhardt, (more)
- 1953
Legendary German director E. A. DuPont didn't have much luck lining up worthwhile projects in Hollywood. DuPont's 1953 potboiler Problem Girls is set in a seedy private school for emotionally disturbed young women. The school's operator (Helen Walker), working in concert with the athletic instructor (James Seay), schemes to pass off a drug-addicted girl (Susan Morrow) as the heiress to an oil fortune. Luckily, school psychologist John Page (Ross Elliot) gets wind of the scheme; unluckily, this puts Page next in line on the villains' ever-mounting "hit list." Essentially an excuse to parade a group of buxom young starlets across the screen, Problem Girls was a far cry from such earlier DuPont films as Variety and Atlantic. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Helen Walker, Ross Elliott, (more)
