Renie Riano
Know for: Acting
Born: 1899-08-06
Place of birth: London, England, UK
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So Goes My Love (1946)
Country girl Jane Budden goes to the big city, determined to find and marry a wealthy man. Instead, she meets and marries Herman Maxim, a struggling...
Tovarich (1937)
When upper-class Parisian Charles Dupont and his family hire Tina and Michel as their servants, they have no idea that the domestics are in fact...
Nancy Drew… Detective (1938)
After a wealthy dowager who has made a substantial donation to her alma mater suddenly disappears, Nancy Drew sets out to solve the mystery.
Club Havana (1945)
A number of different characters unfolding love, hate, and death problems during an evening in a fashionable Latin nightclub.
You Belong to Me (1941)
A playboy marries a woman doctor then grows jealous of her male patients.
Whispering Ghosts (1942)
A detective (Milton Berle) who solves cases on the radio investigates the mysterious decade-old murder of a sea captain.
Sammy, the Way-Out Seal (1962)
Two young brothers secretly bring home a seal from their summer vacation and try to hide it from Mom and Dad. Havoc ensues as Sammy's antics disrupt...
Kit Carson (1940)
Frontiersman Kit Carson fights off Indian attacks on the trail to California.
Remedy for Riches (1940)
A small town doctor suspects the stranger in town is promoting an oil swindle. The fourth entry in the "Dr. Christian" series of six films.
Jiggs and Maggie in Court (1948)
Maggie is resentful of being pointed out and laughed at in public because she resembles the cartoon character in the George McManus comic strip...
A Song for Miss Julie (1945)
Two playwrights and a former burlesque queen travel to Louisiana to research a musical they're planning on a local Southern hero.
Man from Music Mountain (1943)
Roy returns home to fine a range feud between the cattlemen and the sheepmen. When his friend is killed he finds the rifle had a defective pin. He...
High School (1940)
A teenager who's been raised and home-schooled at her father's Texas ranch must adjust to her new surroundings and being with other students when...
Men Are Such Fools (1938)
Linda works at an advertising agency, but, unlike the other women in the secretarial pool, she hopes to succeed in the business rather than just find...
The Time of Your Life (1948)
Joe spends a lot of his time at Nick's Pacific Street Saloon. Tom, who credits Joe with once saving his life, stops by regularly to run errands for...
Outside of Paradise (1938)
Daniel Francis O'Toole, singing maestro in a New York restaurant, finds himself the unexpected heir to an estate in Ireland. He doesn't have money...
Bikini Beach (1964)
A millionaire sets out to prove his theory that his pet chimpanzee is as intelligent as the teenagers who hang out on the local beach, where he is...
Pajama Party (1964)
A Martian teenager sent to prepare for an invasion falls in love with an Earth girl.
Fireball 500 (1966)
Stock car racer Dave Owens plays into the hands of whiskey runners by agreeing to drive in a cross-country road race.
The Family Jewels (1965)
A young heiress must choose between six uncles, one of which is up to no good and out to harm the girl's beloved bodyguard who practically raised her.
A Little Bit of Heaven (1940)
A child from the New York tenements sings on a radio quiz show and is eventually hired to a big-bucks contract, which allows her and her family to...
My Dear Miss Aldrich (1937)
A young woman inherits a newspaper whose editor refuses to hire lady reporters.
Tell No Tales (1939)
A newspaper editor turns a kidnapping into the banner headlines and exclusive story that could save his publication.
Spring Madness (1938)
Harvard senior Sam Thatcher and his best friend and roommate, known as "The Lippencott", plan to go to Russia after graduation, a decision Sam has...
Wings of the Navy (1939)
Jerry tries to out compete his older brother Cass, a lieutenant Naval aviator. Cass is both tough on and protective of his brother, but Jerry can...
Nancy Drew... Reporter (1939)
While participating in a contest at a local newspaper in which school children are asked to submit a news story, local attorney Carson Drew's...
Tail Spin (1939)
Trixie is a female pilot looking to win a big race to advance her career. During one race, however, her plane becomes damaged, and she needs help to...
Wife, Husband and Friend (1939)
Woman hopes to be a great singer and is encouraged by her scheming teacher. After she flops her husband, encouraged by an amorous professional singer...
Mr. Moto in Danger Island (1939)
In Puerto Rico to investigate a glut of contraband diamonds that are flooding the world's jewel market, Mr. Moto and his sidekick, a wrestler, find...
Nancy Drew... Trouble Shooter (1939)
When a close friend of the Drew family is accused of murder in a rural community, Nancy, aided by boyfriend Ted, helps her lawyer father expose the...
The Women (1939)
A happily married woman lets her catty friends talk her into divorce when her husband strays.
Day-time Wife (1939)
When a young wife discovers her husband of two years is involved with his beautiful secretary, she applies for a job as secretary to a business rival.
Honeymoon in Bali (1939)
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...
Affectionately Yours (1941)
A married reporter's assignments carry him all over the world, which gives him ample opportunity to put the moves on the local females.
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk (1940)
A man involved in a crime (Nolan) kills his key witness by mistake and resigns himself to death. He changes his name so as not to harm his family....
Winter Wonderland (1946)
A farm girl has a romance with a ski instructor.
Bridal Suite (1939)
A carefree playboy with an aversion to marriage falls for a lass he meets in the French Alps.
The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
Two employees at a gift shop can barely stand one another, without realising that they are falling in love through the post as each other's anonymous...
3 Is a Family (1944)
Based on a play by Phoebe and Henry Ephron, "3 Is a Family" is a 1940s farce. Charlie Ruggles plays a hubby whose bungled business schemes force his...
Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase (1939)
Nancy helps two aging spinsters fulfill the byzantine provisions of their father's will, but the murder of their chauffeur complicates matters.
There's One Born Every Minute (1942)
A nine-year-old Elizabeth Taylor made her film debut in this lively comedy. She plays the spoiled-brat daughter of a pudding manufacturer who has...
Bad Bascomb (1946)
A western bandit is reformed by his love for a little girl.
The Doctor Takes a Wife (1940)
A best-selling author of women's issues and a medical academic find it is to their mutual advantage to falsely claim that they are married.
Li'l Abner (1940)
Li'l Abner becomes convinced that he is going to die within twenty-four hours, so agrees to marry two different girls: Daisy Mae (who has chased him...
Clipped Wings (1953)
Slip and correspondence school pilot Sach, go to an air base to help a pal out...but find themselves in when they mistakenly sign enlistment forms....
You're a Sweetheart (1937)
A Broadway producer is in a quandary when he discovers that the opening of his newest big production coincides with that of a major charity event. He...
Jiggs and Maggie Out West (1950)
Monogram's Bringing Up Father series, based on the popular comic strip by George McManus, hit a high point of sorts with 1950's Jiggs and Maggie Out...
Disputed Passage (1939)
A doctor's medical studies are threatened by his infatuation with a Chinese girl. The girl returns to China, but complications ensue when she runs...
They Died with Their Boots On (1941)
The story follows General George Armstrong Custer's adventures from his West Point days to his death. He defies orders during the Civil War, trains...
Bringing Up Father (1946)
Based on the comic strip by George McManus about the adventures of the social-climbing Maggie and her long-suffering husband Jiggs. In this film,...
The Road to Reno (1938)
An opera singer travels to Reno to divorce her rancher husband.
Jiggs and Maggie in Jackpot Jitters (1949)
With Maggie laid low with sneezing fits, Jiggs spends his time listening to radio trivia contests. Maggie, an inveterate social climber, wants to...
Take It or Leave It (1944)
A young husband becomes a game-show participant in the hopes of winning the cash to pay his pregnant wife's doctor.
Adam Had Four Sons (1941)
Emilie has been hired to care for the four sons of wealthy Adam Stoddard and his wife, Molly. After Molly dies, Adam and the boys grow to depend on...
Ice-Capades (1941)
Bob Clemens is a cameraman for newsreels. Assigned to shoot the Swiss ice skater Karen Vadja, he arrives too late, so decides to film a woman skating...
River Gang (1945)
An orphan girl lives with apparently kind uncle who turns out to be a murderer.
Jiggs and Maggie in Society (1947)
Maggi continues her forever-ever efforts to crash Manhattan's top society, while Jiggs still mingles with his old construction cronies at the bar of...
Anchors Aweigh (1945)
Two sailors on shore leave head out for four days of partying – only to become involved in the affairs of an aspiring singer and her precocious...
Jam Session (1944)
A young woman from Kansas (Ann Miller) arrives in Hollywood with hopes of a movie career.
Ziegfeld Girl (1941)
Discovery by Flo Ziegfeld changes a girl's life but not necessarily for the better, as three beautiful women find out when they join the spectacle on...
The Ghost Comes Home (1940)
Comic mayhem results when a small town pet store owner, mistakenly believed killed during a sea voyage, turns up very much alive.
Four's a Crowd (1938)
A public relations man falls for his most difficult client's granddaughter.