Mary Beth Milford Movies

Upset that his youthful sweetheart Darla Hood has once again thrown him over in favor of neighborhood bully Tommy "Butch" Bond, Our Gang member Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer tries to forget his troubles by watching a sidewalk performance by famed hypnotist Professor William Delmore (John Davidson). Chosen as a subject, Alfalfa is hypnotized into believing that he is the fearless D'Artagnan, of Three Musketeers fame. Armed with this bold new personality, Alfie not only sweeps Darla off her feet, but also challenges the dumbfounded Butch to a duel. The results, while not deadly, are devastating for both Alfalfa and Butch. The one-reel Our Gang comedy Duel Personalities was originally released March 11, 1939. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Betty Bronson, who found overnight success when she played the title character in Peter Pan, has the ingenue lead in this curiously named domestic drama. Mr. and Mrs. Hazlitt (Adolphe Menjou and Florence Vidor) have never learned the give and take of a marriage relationship and have decided to divorce for reasons of incompatibility. Their daughter, Lita (Bronson), is away at boarding school, and she's devastated by the news. She read that estranged parents can be brought back together if their child is in danger, and she decides to use this to her advantage. When she is accused of writing a romantic letter to a movie star that her roommate actually penned, she writes a suicide note and runs away from the school. While her parents are in a panic over her whereabouts, she is sleeping in the easy chair of Dr. Dacer (Lawrence Grey), the handsome young physician at the girls' school. Dacer is not even aware that she's there until the morning, when he finds her. By that time, the Hazlitts have reconciled, and Dacer proposes to Lita. ~ Janiss Garza, All Movie Guide

In this, one of his half-dozen potboilers for Poverty Row producer William Steiner, former serial ace Charles Hutchison played Bruce Pomroy, a young bank teller framed in a bond theft scheme actually conceived by supposedly respectable bank president Paul Gilmore (Crauford Kent). Bruce escapes from jail and joins the gang of thieves headed by John Creighton (Otto Lederer). During another robbery attempt, Bruce rescues his girl (Mary Beth Milford) from the villains and reveals himself to be a Department of Justice agent in disguise. Turned Up was written by Frederick Chapin, the father-in-law of director William Wellman. Chapin's son James directed, his second-to-last film before dying from pneumonia at the age of only 25. ~ Hans J. Wollstein, All Movie Guide