Helen ForrestFilmography

Born:: April 12, 1917 in Atlantic City, NJ
Occupation:: Actor
Birth name:: Helen Fogel
Biography:: Helen Forrest was one of the top female vocalists in the big-band era of American music. In 1942, she was voted the top female performer in the nation. Forrest sang with a wide variety of bands during her career, ranging from Benny Goodman to Artie Shaw. She was also known for her belief in and...Read More

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Swing Era: Artie Shaw/Tommy Dorsey - Big Band Legends

Actors: Helen Forrest, Fred Astaire, Art Tatum

Synopsis: This installment of Swing Era features music by Artie Shaw & His Orchestra, The Tommy & Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra, and many others. Released by Idem Home Video, the series includes classic performances by the some of the 20th century's most popular big-band artists. ~ Matthew Tobey, All Movie Guide Read More

2003
Swing, Swing, Swing!, Vol. 1

1994
Stage Bands on Film

1989
Symphony of Swing

Synopsis: See five shorts. Titles include "Symphony of Swing," "Artie Shaw's Class in Swing," "Artistry in Rhythm," "Charlie Barnet and His Orchestra" and "Buddy Rich and His Orchestra." ~ All Movie Guide Read More

1986
Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got

Actors: Arlie Shaw & His Band, Helen Forrest, Evelyn Keyes, Polly Haynes, John Wexley

Synopsis: Born in 1910 in New York City, Arthur Jacob Arshawsky, better known to the world as Artie Shaw, went on to become one of the best clarinetists in American music history. Brigitte Berman uses interviews with Shaw, his colleagues, and his last wife Evelyn Keyes to provide needed insights. These are Read More

1985
Emergency

Synopsis: In this drama, a sick little girl with a rare blood type desperately needs a blood transfusion to live. The search begins for one of three people in the country who have the same type: a soccer player, a fugitive killer, and a traitor. Meanwhile, the girl's parents begin putting their marriage Read More

1962
Louisiana Hussy

Synopsis: Directed by old Superman-hand Lee Sholem, Louisiana Hussy is one of the better "swamp trash" B flicks of the 1960s. Nan Peterson stars as Nina Duprez, an alluring Cajun beauty who leaves disaster in her wake wherever she goes. In the course of the film's 66 minutes, she destroys several families Read More

1960
The First Man into Space

Actors: Marshall Thompson, Marla Landi, Bill Edwards, Robert Ayres, Bill Nagy

Synopsis: Filmed not long after the launch of Russia's Sputnik satellite, First Man Into Space benefited from a surface realism made possible by enhanced public knowledge of space-travel jargon and paraphernalia. Dashing astronaut Lt. Dan Prescott (Bill Edwards) disappears from view when his experimental Read More

1959
Sing Along with Me

Synopsis: In this melodrama, a Welsh storekeeper secretly dreams of becoming a songwriter. His dream comes true when he wins a contest and gets a contract with a big London publishing company. He moves to the city and leaves his beloved behind. Once there, he finds himself so lonely that he is unable to Read More

1952
It Started in Paradise

Actors: Martita Hunt, Jane Hylton, Muriel Pavlow, Ian Hunter, Brian Worth

Synopsis: ...And it ended in London. This backstage yarn stars Jane Hylton as a talented dress designer who lets nothing get in the way of her success. As she rises in the fashion world, she loses contact with her own humanity. She also forgets that you meet the same people on the way up as on the way down. Read More

1952
You Came Along

Actors: Robert Cummings, Lizabeth Scott, Don DeFore, Charles Drake, Julie Bishop

Synopsis: "You can live a long time in three days -- sometimes when you're in a tight spot, you can live a year in ten seconds." US Army Air Force Major Bob Collins (Robert Cummings), Captain "Shakespeare" Anders (Don Defore), and Lt. "Handsome" Janoshek (Charles Drake) are three happy-go-lucky combat Read More

1945
Bathing Beauty

Actors: Red Skelton, Esther Williams, Basil Rathbone, Bill Goodwin, Ethel Smith

Synopsis: If you've never seen a '40s singing, swimming musical this may be the one to catch. Featuring a mammoth cast, including such notables as Xavier Cugat, Basil Rathbone, Red Skelton, and Esther Williams, this is a swimming spectacular. The plot's quite thin: Skelton plays a lovesick songwriter who Read More

1944
Two Girls and a Sailor

Actors: Van Johnson, June Allyson, Gloria de Haven, Jimmy Durante, Lena Horne

Synopsis: Two Girls and a Sailor is another of those all-star, no-plot wartime musicals turned out by the bushel basket in the 1940s. Its lack of nuance does not lessen its entertainment value in the least. Gloria DeHaven and June Allyson play a couple of well-meaning sisters who stage their own USO shows Read More

1944
Springtime in the Rockies

Actors: Betty Grable, John Payne, Carmen Miranda, Cesar Romero, Charlotte Greenwood

Synopsis: A musical remake of the 1936 comedy Second Honeymoon and the starring debut of Betty Grable, Springtime in the Rockies tells the not unfamiliar story of Vicky Lane (Grable, a Broadway dancer despairing over the tardiness of her partner Dan Christy (John Payne) who, as it turns out, has instead Read More

1942
Private Buckaroo

Actors: The Andrews Sisters, Dick Foran, Joe E. Lewis, Jennifer Holt, Shemp Howard

Synopsis: This upbeat WW II-era musical features performances by the Andrews Sisters and Harry James as it tells the story of a rebellious young inductee who has trouble toeing the line until he meets a retired officer's lovely daughter. James and his band are also drafted and decide to perk up their camp Read More

1942

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Helen ForrestFilmography

Swing Era: Artie Shaw/Tommy Dorsey - Big Band Legends

Swing, Swing, Swing!, Vol. 1

Stage Bands on Film

Symphony of Swing

Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got

Emergency

Louisiana Hussy

The First Man into Space

Sing Along with Me

It Started in Paradise

You Came Along

Bathing Beauty

Two Girls and a Sailor

Springtime in the Rockies

Private Buckaroo

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