Virginia Van Upp

1902-01-13 Chicago, Illinois, USA 26 Credits

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The Women Who Run Hollywood

The Women Who Run Hollywood

2016

as Self (archive footage)

7.1
Acting

The first talkie was directed by Alice Guy, the first color film was produced by Lois Weber, who directed more than 300 films over 10 years. Frances M...

Affair in Trinidad

Affair in Trinidad

1952

Story, Associate Producer

6.3
Writing Producing

A nightclub singer enlists her brother-in-law to track down her husband's killer.

Here Comes the Groom

Here Comes the Groom

1951

Screenplay

5.2
Writing

Foreign correspondent Pete Garvey has 5 days to win back his former fiancée, or he'll lose the orphans he adopted.

The Guilt of Janet Ames

The Guilt of Janet Ames

1947

Producer

5.7
Producing

A hard-drinking reporter tries to help the embittered widow of the soldier who had saved his life during the war.

Gilda

Gilda

1946

Producer

7.5
Producing

A gambler discovers an old flame while in Argentina, but she's married to his new boss.

She Wouldn't Say Yes

She Wouldn't Say Yes

1945

Screenplay, Producer

5.9
Writing Producing

Susan Lane is a gifted psychiatrist, grounded in self-control. Before returning by train to her practice in Chicago, she spends time back East with wa...

Together Again

Together Again

1944

Screenplay, Producer

5.4
Writing Producing

Anne Crandall is the mayor of a small town in Vermont. Her deceased husband had been the mayor for years and when he died, she was left to carry on an...

The Impatient Years

The Impatient Years

1944

Screenplay, Associate Producer

6.3
Writing Producing

Standing before a divorce court judge are Sergeant Andy Anderson and Janie Anderson asking him to dissolve their marriage. Janie's father, William Smi...

Cover Girl

Cover Girl

1944

Writer

6.4
Writing

A nightclub dancer makes it big in modeling, leaving her dancer boyfriend behind.

Young and Willing

Young and Willing

1943

Screenplay

4.7
Writing

For those, if any, who have wondered why so many Paramount contractees appeared in United Artists' films during the war years, this is another one of ...

The Crystal Ball

The Crystal Ball

1943

Screenplay

5.8
Writing

A young woman pretends to be a fortune teller in order to find romance.

Bahama Passage

Bahama Passage

1941

Screenplay

6.0
Writing

A girl, Carol whom the audience is quickly informed "has been around," and her father arrive to take over the business management of an island in the ...

One Night In Lisbon

One Night In Lisbon

1941

Writer

Writing

Saucy screwball comedy wherein lovely Madeleine falls in love with flier Fred despite interference from her fiancee and his ex.

Come Live with Me

Come Live with Me

1941

Original Story

7.0
Writing

Seeking US citizenship, a Viennese refugee arranges a marriage of convenience with a struggling writer.

Virginia

Virginia

1941

Story, Screenplay

Writing

Post-Civil War romantic drama about defeated Southerners, starring Madeleine Carroll and Fred MacMurray.

Honeymoon in Bali

Honeymoon in Bali

1939

Screenplay

6.2
Writing

Bill Burnett, a resident of Bali, visits New York City, meets and falls in love with Gail Allen, the successful manager of a Fifth Avenue shop, who is...

Cafe Society

Cafe Society

1939

Screenplay

6.0
Writing

A pampered heiress (Madeleine Carroll) elopes with a shipboard reporter (Fred MacMurray) just to get her name in a society column.

St. Louis Blues

St. Louis Blues

1939

Writer

Writing

A Broadway musical comedy star tires of the same old grind and flees the city. She runs into the skipper of a showboat who befriends her, and they mak...

You and Me

You and Me

1938

Screenplay

6.7
Writing

Mr. Morris, the owner of a large metropolitan department store, gives jobs to paroled ex-convicts in an effort to help them reform and go straight. Am...

Swing High, Swing Low

Swing High, Swing Low

1937

Screenplay

5.1
Writing

In Panama, Maggie King meets soldier Skid Johnson on his last day in the army and reluctantly agrees to a date to celebrate. The two become involved i...

Easy to Take

Easy to Take

1936

Screenplay

Writing

To boost the ratings of a kiddie show, the host agrees to take guardianship of of a bratty boy who has a lovely older sister.

My American Wife

My American Wife

1936

Screenplay

Writing

Ann Sothern essays the title role in My American Wife. The story opens in Smelter City, Arizona, where the richest man in town is grizzled old Indian ...

Poppy

Poppy

1936

Writer

6.8
Writing

Carny con artist and snake-oil salesman Eustace McGargle tries to stay one step ahead of the sheriff but is completely devoted to his beloved daughter...

Too Many Parents

Too Many Parents

1936

Screenplay

5.0
Writing

Boys are sent to military school in order to get them out of the way of their too-busy-to-bother parents or guardians. Lonely young Philip Stewart wri...

Timothy's Quest

Timothy's Quest

1936

Screenplay

3.0
Writing

Timothy (Dickie Moore), an orphan, is sent with his sister, Gay (Sally Martin), to a farm run by Vilda Cummins (Elizabeth Patterson, an old maid with ...

The Pursuit of Happiness

The Pursuit of Happiness

1934

Screenplay

5.8
Writing

Lederer is a Hessian soldier who defects to the Americans during the Revolutionary War.He falls in love with a Yankee girl, but a thuggish local milit...