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Five of a Kind

NR

ComedyDrama

4.2/10(4 ratings)

Rival reporters compete to sign the Wyatt Quintuplets to be guests on their radio shows.

10-14-1938

1h 25m

Five of a Kind

Backdrop for Five of a Kind

Main Cast

Movie Details

Production Info

Director:: Herbert I. Leeds

Production:: 20th Century Fox

Key Crew

Screenplay:: Lou Breslow

Locations and Languages

Country:: US

Filming:: US

Languages:: en

Main Cast

Unknown Actor

Unknown Actor

Known For

The Country Doctor

The Country Doctor

1936

Yvonne, a Wyatt Quintuplet

The Dionne Quintuplets

The Dionne Quintuplets

1978

Self (Archive Footage)

Land of the Quintuplets

Land of the Quintuplets

1942

Herself, a Dionne Quintuplet

Unknown Actor

Unknown Actor

Known For

The Country Doctor

The Country Doctor

1936

Annette, a Wyatt Quintuplet

The Dionne Quintuplets

The Dionne Quintuplets

1978

Self (Archive Footage)

Land of the Quintuplets

Land of the Quintuplets

1942

Herself, a Dionne Quintuplet

Unknown Actor

Unknown Actor

Known For

The Country Doctor

The Country Doctor

1936

Cécile, a Wyatt Quintuplet

The Dionne Quintuplets

The Dionne Quintuplets

1978

Self (Archive Footage)

Land of the Quintuplets

Land of the Quintuplets

1942

Herself, a Dionne Quintuplet

Unknown Actor

Unknown Actor

Known For

The Country Doctor

The Country Doctor

1936

Émilie, a Wyatt Quintuplet

The Dionne Quintuplets

The Dionne Quintuplets

1978

Self (Archive Footage)

Land of the Quintuplets

Land of the Quintuplets

1942

Herself, a Dionne Quintuplet

Unknown Actor

Unknown Actor

Known For

The Country Doctor

The Country Doctor

1936

Marie, a Wyatt Quintuplet

The Dionne Quintuplets

The Dionne Quintuplets

1978

Self (Archive Footage)

Land of the Quintuplets

Land of the Quintuplets

1942

Herself, a Dionne Quintuplet

Jean Hersholt

Jean Hersholt

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jean Pierre Hersholt (12 July 1886 – 2 June 1956) was a Danish-born actor who lived in the United States, where he was a leading film and radio talent, best known for his 17 years starring on radio in Dr. Christian and for playing Shirley Temple's grandfather in Heidi. Asked how to pronounce his name, he told The Literary Digest, "In English, her'sholt; in Danish, hairs'hult." Of his total credits, 75 were silent films and 65 were sound films. He appeared in 140 films and directed four.

Known For

Dinner at Eight

Dinner at Eight

1933

Heidi

Heidi

1937

Grand Hotel

Grand Hotel

1932

Claire Trevor

Claire Trevor

Claire Trevor (née Wemlinger; March 8, 1910 – April 8, 2000) was an American actress. She appeared in 65 feature films from 1933 to 1982, winning the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Key Largo (1948), and received nominations for her roles in The High and the Mighty (1954) and Dead End (1937). Trevor received top billing, ahead of John Wayne, for Stagecoach (1939). Trevor's acting career spanned more than seven decades and included successes in stage, radio, television, and film. She often played the hard-boiled blonde, and every conceivable type of 'bad girl' role. She made her stage debut in the summer of 1929 with a repertory company in Ann Arbor, Michigan. She subsequently returned to New York, where she appeared in a number of Brooklyn-filmed Vitaphone short films and performed in summer stock theatre. In 1932, she starred on Broadway as the female lead in Whistling in the Dark. Trevor made her film debut in Jimmy and Sally (1933). From 1933 to 1938, Trevor starred in 29 films, often having either the lead role or the role of heroine. In 1937, she was the second lead actress (after top-billed Sylvia Sidney) in Dead End, with Humphrey Bogart, which led to her nomination for Best Supporting Actress. From 1937 to 1940, she appeared with Edward G. Robinson in the popular radio series Big Town, while continuing to make movies. In the early 1940s, she also was a regular on The Old Gold Don Ameche Show on the NBC Red Radio Network, starring with Ameche in presentations of plays by Mark Hellinger. In 1939, she was well established as a solid leading lady. One of her more memorable performances during this period includes the Western Stagecoach (1939). Two of Trevor's most memorable roles were opposite Dick Powell in Murder, My Sweet (1944) and with Lawrence Tierney in Born to Kill (1947). In Key Largo (1948), Trevor played Gaye Dawn, a washed-up, alcoholic nightclub singer and gangster's moll. For that role, she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Her third and final Oscar nomination was for her performance in The High and the Mighty (1954). In 1957, she won an Emmy for her role in the Producers' Showcase episode entitled "Dodsworth". Trevor moved into supporting roles in the 1950s, with her appearances becoming very rare after the mid-1960s. She played Charlotte, the mother of Kay (Sally Field) in Kiss Me Goodbye (1982). Her final television role was for the 1987 television film, Norman Rockwell's Breaking Home Ties. Trevor made a guest appearance at the 70th Academy Awards in 1998. For her contribution to the motion picture industry, she has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6933 Hollywood Boulevard. [biography (excerpted) from Wikipedia]

Known For

Stagecoach

Stagecoach

1939

Texas

Texas

1941

The High and the Mighty

The High and the Mighty

1954

Cesar Romero

Cesar Romero

Cesar Julio Romero, Jr. (February 15, 1907 – January 1, 1994) was a Cuban-American film and television actor who was active in film, radio, and television for almost sixty years. His wide range of screen roles included Latin lovers, historical figures in costume dramas, characters in light domestic comedies, and as The Joker in television's Batman series.

Known For

Batman

Batman

1966

Ocean's Eleven

Ocean's Eleven

1960

The Thin Man

The Thin Man

1934

Slim Summerville

Slim Summerville

Slim Summerville (born George Joseph Somerville; July 10, 1892 – January 5, 1946) was an American film actor and director best known for his work in comedies.

Known For

All Quiet on the Western Front

All Quiet on the Western Front

1930

The Front Page

The Front Page

1931

Jesse James

Jesse James

1939

Henry Wilcoxon

Henry Wilcoxon

Henry Wilcoxon was an actor born in Roseau, Dominica, British West Indies, and best known as a leading man in many of Cecil B. DeMille's films, also serving as DeMille's associate producer on his later films.

Known For

The Ten Commandments

The Ten Commandments

1956

Sunset Boulevard

Sunset Boulevard

1950

Samson and Delilah

Samson and Delilah

1949

Inez Courtney

Inez Courtney

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Inez Courtney (March 12, 1908 – April 5, 1975) was an American actress on the Broadway stage and in films. Born in New York City, New York, she came from a large Irish-American family. Her father died when she was fifteen so she decided to go onto the stage. A year later she was doing a specialty dance which earned her the nicknames of St Vitis, Mosquito and Lightning. Courtney's first role as a singer and dancer came in the musical The Wild Rose in 1926. She became well-known among New York theatrical audiences for her work in Good News (1927), a musical comedy about college life. Her other credits include Spring Is Here in 1929 and America's Sweetheart in 1931. In the early 1930s, Miss Courtney left Broadway and went to Hollywood. Courtney acted in 58 films between 1930 and 1940. She secured her first movie work by asking Harry Cohn of Columbia Pictures for his assistance. The red-headed comedian made her screen debut as Cousin Betty in Loose Ankles (1930). The film co-starred Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. and Loretta Young. Her many movie credits include The Raven (1935), Suzy (1936), The Shop Around the Corner (1940), and Turnabout (1940), her last film. Courtney was married to an Italian nobleman, whereby she acquired the title Marchesa, but did not use it. She died at the Jersey Shore Medical Center in Neptune, New Jersey in 1975 of undisclosed causes at the age of 67.

Known For

The Shop Around the Corner

The Shop Around the Corner

1940

The Raven

The Raven

1935

The Hurricane

The Hurricane

1937

John Qualen

John Qualen

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia John Qualen (born Johan Mandt Kvalen, December 8, 1899 – September 12, 1987) was a Canadian-American character actor of Norwegian heritage who specialized in Scandinavian roles. Qualen was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, the son of immigrants from Norway; his father was a Lutheran minister and changed the family's original surname, "Kvalen", to "Qualen" – though some sources give Oleson, later Oleson Kvalen as Qualen's earlier surnames. His father's ministering meant many moves and John was 20 when he graduated from Elgin High School in 1920. Though he was awarded a scholarship to Northwestern University after he won an oratory contest he never attended college. In a Milwaukee Journal interview he said he needed to start working and did so with the Chattaqua Circuit. Eventually reaching Broadway, he gained his big break as the Swedish janitor in Elmer Rice's Street Scene. His movie career began when he recreated the role in the film version. This was followed by his appearance in John Ford's Arrowsmith (1931) which began a more than thirty year membership in the director's "stock company", with important supporting roles in The Searchers (1956), Two Rode Together (1961), The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) and Cheyenne Autumn (1964). Appearing in well over one hundred films, and acting extensively on television into the 1970s, Qualen performed many of his roles with various accents, usually Scandinavian, often intended for comic effect. Three of his more memorable roles showcase his versatility. Qualen assumed a Midwestern dialect as Muley, who recounts the destruction of his farm by the bank in Ford's The Grapes of Wrath (1940), and as the confused killer Earl Williams in Howard Hawks' classic comedy His Girl Friday (also 1940). As Berger, the jewelry-selling Norwegian resistance member in Michael Curtiz' Casablanca (1942), he essayed a light Scandinavian accent, but put on a thicker Mediterranean accent as the homeward-bound fisherman Locota in William Wellman's The High and the Mighty (1954) Qualen was treasurer of The Authors Club and historian of The Masquers, Hollywood's social group for actors. John Qualen was blind in his later years. He died of heart failure in 1987 in Torrance, California, and was interred in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale. He was survived by his three daughters.

Known For

Casablanca

Casablanca

1943

The Searchers

The Searchers

1956

Anatomy of a Murder

Anatomy of a Murder

1959

Jane Darwell

Jane Darwell

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jane Darwell (October 15, 1879 – August 13, 1967) was an American film and stage actress. With appearances in over 100 major motion pictures, Darwell is perhaps best-remembered for her portrayal of the matriarch and leader of the Joad family in the film adaptation of The Grapes of Wrath, for which she received the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, and her role as the Bird Woman in Mary Poppins. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jane Darwell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Gone with the Wind

Gone with the Wind

1939

Mary Poppins

Mary Poppins

1964

The Grapes of Wrath

The Grapes of Wrath

1940

Pauline Moore

Pauline Moore

From Wikipedia Pauline Moore (June 17, 1914 – December 7, 2001) was an American actress known for her roles in Western and B movies during the 1930s and 1940s. Moore was born Pauline Joless Love on June 17, 1914 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. After her father died during World War I, her mother remarried in 1925 and Moore took her stepfather's name. She began her career moving to Hollywood in the early 1930s, and also starred on Broadway and worked as a model. From the late 1930s through the early 1940s, Moore made twenty four films for 20th Century Fox, with whom she was contracted. She later worked for Republic Pictures, starring in four Roy Rogers westerns, as well as the film King of the Texas Rangers in 1940, starring football great Sammy Baugh. Moore starred in three Charlie Chan films, starring alongside Cesar Romero, Allan Lane, and Kane Richmond. She also starred alongside Shirley Temple in the 1937 film Heidi, and alongside Henry Fonda in the 1939 film Young Mr. Lincoln. She was married to the cartoonist Jefferson Machamer from 1934 until his death in 1960. In the early 1940s she retired from acting, and became a mother of three children, but continued to act into the 1950s. From her first uncredited role in 1931 through to her last role in 1958 her career spanned a total of thirty films. She made a few television appearances in the 1950s, including a bit part in Spoilers of the Forrest in 1957 alongside Rod Cameron and Vera Ralston, but for the most part her acting career had ended, by her own choice. In 1962, she married Rev. Dodd Watkins, whose death in 1972 left her a widow for the second time. She died of Lou Gehrig's disease in 2001, at a nursing home in Sequim, Washington.

Known For

Frankenstein

Frankenstein

1931

Heidi

Heidi

1937

Young Mr. Lincoln

Young Mr. Lincoln

1939

Johnny Russell

Johnny Russell

Known For

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

1939

Jesse James

Jesse James

1939

The Man I Married

The Man I Married

1940

Unknown Actor

Unknown Actor

Known For

Hellzapoppin'

Hellzapoppin'

1941

Max Kane (uncredited)

Texas

Texas

1941

Tennessee

Two Sisters from Boston

Two Sisters from Boston

1946

Recording Session Director (uncredited)

Spencer Charters

Spencer Charters

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Spencer Charters (March 25, 1875 – January 25, 1943) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 220 films between 1920 and 1943, mostly in small supporting roles. Spencer Charters first stage work soon after leaving school was a walk on part, but it wasn't long before he was being given fair-sized roles. He played on Broadway between 1910 and 1929 and was a busy character actor in films during the 1930s and early 1940s. He often portrayed somewhat befuddeled judges, doctors, clerks, managers, and jailers. He died by suicide from a mix of sleeping pills and carbon monoxide poisoning.

Known For

Arsenic and Old Lace

Arsenic and Old Lace

1944

They Died with Their Boots On

They Died with Their Boots On

1941

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

1939