Matt Moore

Matt Moore

Birth : 1888-01-08, County Meath, Ireland

Death : 1960-01-20

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Matt Moore

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I Bury the Living
Charles Bates Sr.
A newly appointed cemetery chairman believes that, merely by inserting a black plot-marking pin into a wall-sized map of the cemetery, he can cause the deaths of that plot's owner.
An Affair to Remember
Father McGrath (uncredited)
A couple falls in love and agrees to meet in six months at the Empire State Building - but will it happen?
The King's Thief
Gentleman (uncredited)
An ex-soldier turned highwayman uncovers a plot to take control of England from King Charles II.
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Ruth's Uncle
In 1850 Oregon, when a backwoodsman brings a wife home to his farm, his six brothers decide that they want to get married too.
Invitation
Paul
A rich man buys a husband for his dying daughter and she finds out.
Too Young to Kiss
Charles, Wainwright's Butler (uncredited)
Eric Wainwright, a busy impresario, is besieged by hordes of wannabe concert stars, eager for their big break. One of them is Cynthia Potter, a talented pianist... but she can't get in to see him. When she learns that Wainwright is auditioning young musicians for a children's concert tour, Cynthia dons braces and bobby sox and passes herself off as a child prodigy.
The Big Hangover
Rumlie
A young law school graduate is hired by a prestigious firm, but he neglects to inform them he is allergic to even a single whiff of alcohol.
That Forsyte Woman
Timothy Forsyte
Soames and Irene Forsyte have a marriage of convenience. Young Jolyon Forsyte is a black sheep who ran away with the maid after his wife's death. Teenager June Forsyte has found love with an artist, Phillip Bosinny. The interactions between the Forsytes and the people and society around them is the truss for this love story set in the rigid and strict times of the Victorian age.
The Hoodlum Saint
Father Duffy
A former reporter comes back home after serving in the army during World War I and finds that it's much more difficult to find work than he expected. Desperate, one day he crashes a wedding attended by many of the city's rich and powerful, meets a beautiful girl named Kay who turns out to be his ticket to meeting those rich and powerful people, and he soon manages to land a job on a newspaper. He gets caught up in the "make money at all costs" game but receives a rude awakening when the stock market crashes in 1929.
Spellbound
Policeman at Train Station (uncredited)
When Dr. Anthony Edwardes arrives at a Vermont mental hospital to replace the outgoing hospital director, Dr. Constance Peterson, a psychoanalyst, discovers Edwardes is actually an impostor. The man confesses that the real Dr. Edwardes is dead and fears he may have killed him, but cannot recall anything. Dr. Peterson, however is convinced his impostor is innocent of the man's murder, and joins him on a quest to unravel his amnesia through psychoanalysis.
Happy Land
Mr. Prentiss
An Iowa drugstore owner becomes embittered when his son is killed in World War II. The druggist believes that the boy's life was cut short before he had an opportunity to truly appreciate his existence.
Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case
Harper (uncredited)
In this 13th entry to the Dr. Kildare series, the medical staff of Blair General hospital are challenged with further dilemmas, not the least of which includes a prison inmate who Dr. Gillespie believes belongs instead in an insane asylum.
My Life with Caroline
Walters
A man thinks his high-spirited wife is cheating on him.
Santa Fe Marshal
Watchman
U.S. Marshal Hopalong Cassidy is called when a town becomes overun with bad guys. Disguised as a member of a medicine show, Hoppy discovers that the ringleader is none other than sweet li'l ol' Ma Burton.
Range War
Marlow
Buck Colins heads a group of local ranchers who are trying to prevent the railroad from completing its line through their property. Till now they have been able to charge tolls on herds passing through. Hoppy goes undercover to expose them.
Bad Boy
Henchman
Johnny Fraser (Johnny Downs) leaves his mother (Helen MacKellar) in their small home town and sets out for the big city. He obtains a job with a large firm of architects. Steve Carson (Archie Robbins), a fellow employee, is constantly flaunting the money he has won at the race track. Johnny also bets the races, but loses heavily and takes some of the firm's money to cover his losses.
Absolute Quiet
Pilot
Escaped convicts Jack and Judy stumble upon an airstrip on the Western ranch of arrogant business tycoon Gerald Axton. Taking Axton and his secretary hostage, the convicts inadvertently cause the crash-landing of a small plane ferrying Axton's political adversary, Gov. Sam Pruden, and a nosy reporter. As the long night unfolds, each person's rivalries and weaknesses are prodded by the others.
Anything Goes
Capt. McPhail
A young man falls in love with a beautiful blonde. When he sees her being forced onto a luxury liner, he decides to follow and rescue her. However, he discovers that she is an English heiress who ran away from home and is now being returned to England. He also discovers that his boss is on the ship. To avoid discovery, he disguises himself as the gangster accomplice of a minister, who is actually a gangster on the run from the law.
Deluge
Tom
A massive earthquake strikes the United States, which destroys the West Coast and unleashes a massive flood that threatens to destroy the East Coast as well.
Little Orphan Annie
Dr. Griffiths
Millionaire Daddy Warbucks goes bust in the Great Depression and is forced to abandon his adopted daughter, Annie. While he's out west working on another fortune, Annie finds an orphaned boy on the streets and helps him find a home.
The Pride of the Legion
Cavanaugh
After suffering a traumatic injury, a policeman resigns from the force and, after he's saved from a suicide attempt, goes to work at a café frequented by gangsters.
Rain
Dr. Robert MacPhail
Due to a possible cholera epidemic onboard, passengers on a ship are forced to disembark at Pago Pago, a small village on a Pacific island where it incessantly rains. Among the stranded passengers are Sadie Thompson, a prostitute, and Alfred Davidson, a fanatic missionary who will try to redeem her.
Cock of the Air
Terry
An opera diva sets her sights on a womanizing army officer.
Consolation Marriage
The Colonel
A sportswriter jilted by his globe-trotting girlfriend marries a woman jilted by her boyfriend.
Penrod and Sam
Henry Schofield
Best pals Penrod and Sam are leaders of a super-secret neighborhood society, the In-Or-In Boys Club. Troubles arise when a pompous prig tries to join the club and when the boys lose their clubhouse in a land sale. But there’s also plenty of time to play pranks, put on a carnival, experience the pangs of first love, and romp with Duke, the world’s best dog.
Stout Hearts and Willing Hands
Stout Hearts and Willing Hands is a 1931 short comedy film directed by Bryan Foy. It was nominated for an Academy Award in 1932 for Best Short Subject (Comedy), but was disqualified.
The Front Page
Kruger
Hildy Johnson is an investigative reporter is looking for a bigger paycheck. When an accused murderer escapes from custody, Hildy sees an opportunity for the story of a lifetime. But when he finds the criminal, he learns that the man may not be guilty. With the help of his editor, Hildy attempts to hide the convict, uncover the conspiracy and write the scoop of his career.
The Squealer
John Sheridan
A gangster's wife, fearful that he is about to be murdered by his rivals, tips off the police to his whereabouts in order to save his life. Her husband, however, believes her reason was that she wanted him out of the way so she could have his best friend.
Call of the West
Lon Dixon
Nightclub entertainer Violet La Tour collapses during a performance in Sagebrush, Texas, and is taken to the ranch of Lon Dixon. They fall in love and are married. Feeling deserted when Lon joins a posse in search of rustlers, she returns to New York. There, she is wooed by her agent, Maurice Kane, but confirms her love for Lon when he comes to claim her.
Side Street
John O'Farrell
Three New York Irish brothers cross paths as policeman, doctor and bootlegger.
Coquette
Stanley Wentworth
A Southern belle's flirtation with a working man leads to tragedy.
Dry Martini
Freddie Fletcher
Upon hearing that his daughter Elizabeth, is coming from America to visit him in Paris, wealthy Willoughby Quimby, decides to give up dry martinis and women. However, Elizabeth seeks a wild time and ends up leaving France with her father's drinking buddy, Freddie, and Willoughby goes back to his dry martinis.
Beware of Blondes
Jeffrey
Jeffrey (Matt More), a jewelry store clerk prevents a robbery and, as a reward, given a vacation in Honolulu, provided that he transports a valuable emerald to the Hawaiian Islands. On the boat he meets a blonde named Mary (Dorothy Revier) whom he mistakes for a jewel thief called Blonde Mary (Hazel Howell).
Phyllis of the Follies
Howard Decker
As a favor to her old chorus pal Mrs. Dexter, Broadway dancer Phyllis Sherwood agrees to play a joke on a client of Mrs. Dexter's lawyer husband. The client, a roving rogue named Clyde Thompson, has a habit of romancing married women and has already made up his mind to make Mrs. Dexter -- whom he's never met -- his next conquest. Phyllis poses as Mrs. D. to throw Clyde off the track, leading to an unending supply of humorous complications.
Married Alive
Charles Orme
James Duxbury (Lou Tellegen) is an exponent of polygamy, which may not be legal but certainly provides him with several evenings of entertainment. Professor Charles Orme (Matt Moore) falls in love with Duxbury's fourth wife Amy (Margaret Livingston). Things get dicey indeed as Orme tries to figure out whether Amy is still married to Duxbury or not -- in fact, Duxbury isn't sure either.
Tillie the Toiler
J. Cornelius MacDougall
Tillie is a secretary always dressed in the height of fashion who tries to capture a millionaire named Pennington Fish. Once she gets a stenographic position at Mr. Simpkins's company she sets her cap for the general manager, Benjamin Franklin Whipple. Eventually Tillie announces that she is going to "catch the rich Mr. Fish by using Whipple as the worm."
The Honorable Mr. Buggs
Mr. Buggs
Mr. Buggs is an insect collector. A beautiful and mysterious Asian woman (the lovely Anna May Wong) brings him a rare specimen, but she is actually a wanted thief who has stolen a valuable brooch.
Summer Bachelors
Walter Blakely
Derry Thomas is a pretty girl from a good family who earns her own living, but is disillusioned about marriage and is firmly set against ever getting married. Nothing against men, just marriage. She is drawn into the company of some rich businessmen whose wives have gone away for the summer. Parties follow in New York nightclubs, road-houses, country clubs and fashionable estates. Situations and contradictions follow.
Diplomacy
Robert Lowry
Heroine Dora de Zares comports herself in a most mysterious fashion in this spy mystery.
The Cave Man
Mike Smagg
A bored society girl cuts a hundred dollar bill in half, writes a message on one half for whoever finds it and throws it out the window of her apartment. The person who finds it turns out to be the driver of a coal truck. So she decides to give him a complete makeover in order to make him presentable to her society friends.
The First Year
Tom Tucker
One of the films that Borzage shot under contract for Fox before he began his run of box-office hits. This is a comedy built up around the disastrous dinner that a couple of newlyweds organise for an important financial partner of the husband's.
His Jazz Bride
Dick Gregory
Young lawyer Dick Gregory, is hard pressed to pay the bills of his wife, Gloria, and equally hard pressed to keep up with the frantic pace of her life. Edward Martindel, an attorney who represents a corporation against which Dick is litigating, attempts to bribe Dick with a substantial sum of money; Dick refuses, and Gloria develops a complaint against him on this account. After a particularly bitter argument, Gloria leaves Dick and joins some friends for a moonlight cruise. Alec Seymour, a friend of the Gregorys', tells Dick that the boat on which Gloria is sailing has not met safety standards, and Dick goes after her, saving her life when the boat sinks. Gloria repents of her wild and wicked ways, and she and Dick settle into calm domesticity.
Where the Worst Begins
Donald Van Dorn
1925 picture starring Ruth Roland.
His Majesty, Bunker Bean
Bunker Bean
His Majesty, Bunker Bean is a 1925 silent film comedy directed by Harry Beaumont and starring Matt Moore. It is based on a 1916 play, His Majesty, Bunker Bean by Lee Wilson Dodd, taken from a novel Bunker Bean by Harry Leon Wilson. It was produced and distributed by Warner Brothers.
Grounds for Divorce
Maurice Sorbier
The Unholy Three
Hector McDonald
Three sideshow performers form a conspiracy known as "The Unholy Three" - a ventriloquist, midget, and strongman working together to commit a series of robberies.
The Way of a Girl
George
The Way of a Girl
The Narrow Street
Simon Haldane
Simon Haldane works in the office of the Faulkner Iron Works, but he has been raised by his two maiden aunts in an extremely sheltered manner and is basically afraid of everyone and everything. One morning he finds a strange girl shivering in his bedroom, and although he's terrified of her, he manages to call a doctor for her. This starts a rumor that Simon is married. Complications ensue.
Another Man's Wife
Phillip Cochran
Vengeful husband pursues, kidnaps his wife aboard a deserted ship when he becomes injured and taken aboard, then sinks in a collision following a fight with the captain for his wife. Stars real life husband-wife James Kirkwood, Lila Lee.
No More Women
Peter Maddox
When Matt Moore was thrown over by vamp Kathleen Cliffford, he resolved to have no more women in his life. But he didn't take account of wealthy Mage Bellamy who is determined to pursue him until he marries her.
White Tiger
Dick Longworth
Three crooks pull off a magnificent crime. As they're forced to hide out together they slowly begin to distrust each other.
Strangers of the Night
Ambrose Applejohn
A rousing fusion of satire, mystery and action. Aristrocrat Ambrose Applejohn is aching for excitement. He gets more than he bargained for when the two Russian thieves Anna Valeska and her partner Borolsky, arrive at the mansion one dark night.
Drifting
Capt. Arthur Davis
In Shanghai, an American girl who helps runs an opium ring meets an American agent disguised as a mining engineer. The two fall in love, and she has to determine where her loyalties lie.
The Storm
Back Pay
Jerry Newcombe
This 1922 Frank Borzage film is a masterwork waiting to be rediscovered. Hester Bevins is a simple country girl who yearns for adventure. Though she has a handsome young man, Jerry, who is devoted to her, she leaves her village and goes to New York in search of a grander life. There she becomes the lover of a wealthy and unscrupulous businessman. But when Jerry returns blinded and dying from the war, Hester must choose between her new life and the man whose loyalty to her has never failed.
Straight Is the Way
'Cat' Carter
Bob Carter and "Loot" Follet, are two thieves who locate themselves in the unused part of the New Hampshire home of Aunt Mehitable and her niece Dorcas. Loan shark Jonathan Squoggs presses Mehitable for payment of the mortgage, and the two crooks decide to help the ladies when they consult their Ouija board to find a hidden treasure. Finding the treasure reveals a surprise thief and a chance for new lives for the crooks, Dorcas, and Mehitable.
The Passionate Pilgrim
Henry Calverly
Love Madness
Lloyd Norwood
When respectable Lloyd Norwood becomes infatuated with moll Goldie Lewis, he falls into a life of debasement, which results in his being accused of the murder of gangland henchman Joe the Swell. Norwood's wife Mary, convinced of her husband's innocence, determines to clear his name. Disguising herself as a vamp and infiltrating the underworld, Mary extracts a confession from the real murderer, Pussyfoot Connor, who is duped by Mary into believing that he sees the ghost of the murdered man. Later, in order to have witnesses to the story, Mary takes a midnight dinner with gang leader Jack Frost, arousing the jealousy of Connor, who enters and accuses Frost of instigating the murder. The police, alerted to the scheme, rush in and arrest the criminals.
The Glorious Lady
The Duke of Loame
During an annual celebration in which English peasants and aristocrats mingle, the Duke of Loame is thrown from his horse and saved by Ivis Benson, the daughter of a tenant farmer. Both injured, they fall in love, to the dismay of his mother and Lady Eileen, his intended bride.
The Dark Star
Prince Alak
A fabulous jewel known as the 'Dark Star' is stolen; a pastor's daughter gets involved, falling into the depths of a spy plot concerning war plans and fortifications...
Sahara
John Stanley
Actress Mignon is the toast of Paris until she marries young American engineer John Stanley. He is commissioned to go to work in the Sahara desert, and Mignon accompanies him with their baby. But it isn't long before she is lonely and horribly bored. When a wealthy Russian, Baron Alexis, passes through the camp, he offers to take her away to Cairo. She goes with him, and he surrounds her in luxury. Years pass, but the situation does not bring her happiness.
Getting Mary Married
Ted Barnacle
Early feature from American cinema pioneer Allan Dwan, starring Marion Davies
The Unpardonable Sin
Nol Windsor
Based on the Rupert Hughes novel, this film concerns the German atrocities committed in Belgium at the beginning of the Great War.
A Wild Goose Chase
Margaret Sherwood's fiancé has disappeared in the Arctic and she hasn't heard from him in two years. Yet she does not believe he died. Price Latham, in love with Margaret, offers to organize a new expedition to prove otherwise. In return, she promises to marry Latham, come what may.
Stake Uncle Sam to Play Your Hand
King Albert
The Kaiser is playing cards with King Albert of Italy, who loses, but is rescued by Miss Liberty Loan.
Heart of the Wilds
Val Galbraith
In the Canadian Northwest, Jen Galbraith lives in a tavern with her brother Val and her father Peter, a bootlegger who sells whiskey to the Indians. Val's friend Pierre resolves to win Jen, even though she is in love with Sergeant Tom Gellatly of the Mounted Police. When Val tries to retrieve some liquor sold illegally by the elder Galbraith to an Indian named Grey Cloud, the Indian insults Jen and Val shoots him. Tom is assigned to track down the murderer, but after he arrives at the tavern, Galbraith and Pierre drug him. Jen delivers the papers he is carrying to police headquarters, but when she discovers that they contain orders to arrest her brother, she shoots Tom to prevent him from going after Val.
Runaway Romany
Bud Haskell
Press agent "Inky" Ames, in a quandary to publicize showgirl Anitra St. Clair, convinces her to paint a birthmark on her shoulder and pose as millionaire mine owner Theodore True's long-lost daughter.
The Pride of the Clan
Jamie Campbell
Donald MacTavish, the last chieftain of his clan on an island off the coast of Scotland, dies at sea. This leaves his only daughter, Marget, to assume the responsibilities of leadership. Marget's burden is partially eased by her blossoming romance with Jamie Campbell. But there is a secret from Jamie's past that neither of them know about.
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Lieutenant Bond
Captain Nemo has built a fantastic submarine for his mission of revenge. He has traveled over 20,000 leagues in search of Charles Denver - a man who caused the death of Princess Daaker. Seeing what he had done, Denver took the daughter to his yacht and sailed away.
The Man Who Was Never Kissed
Horace Plato
A platonic experiment as to how a young couple should make love fails when it ceases to be platonic.
A Mysterious Mystery
The Lunatic
A moving picture actress is mistaken for an escaped asylum patient; the insane girl then steps into the actress's life.
Counterfeiters
Jack
Two lovers disguise themselves as counterfeiters in order to escape from the girl's disapproving parents.
The Honor of the Humble
The Count de Marigny
A young girl falls in love with a count, despite her father's disapproval.
The Mad Man’s Ward
An uninhibited young woman is brought up by a reclusive eccentric.
A Singular Cynic
Frederick Stratton
When placed in a position to choose between two jealous suitors, a young woman turns the tables on them by choosing a third.
The Doctor’s Testimony
John Lund - the Jealous Husband
A doctor commits perjury in order to win a woman whose husband could go to prison based on his testimony.
The Disenchantment
Harry - the Maid's Sweetheart
A maid discards her beau in favor of a musician whom she idolizes; when reality sets in, she takes her old beau back.
The Bribe
A woman is commanded under hypnosis to break into her father's safe.
The Pawns of Destiny
Tom Hansell
A maid risks her life for her employer, with whom she is in love.
The Little Mail Carrier
John - the Man from the City
A female mail carrier is injured on her route and recovers at a bachelor's lodge.
Diplomatic Flo
Bob Owen
A woman adopts the guise of a spy when she uncovers an arms plot concerning a country in Central America.
The Honeymooners
Ronald Stuart
Two couples head for Reno to swap partners, but change their minds at the last minute.
The Stepmother
Matt
A new bride tries to win the affection of her stepchild.
The False Bride
John Stokes - the Bridegroom
A woman of loose morals takes the place of a young bride.
The Romance of the Photograph
Matt - Flo's Sweetheart
A wayward girl falls in love with the handsome image of a burglar she sees in a photograph.
The Coryphee
John Stokes
An actress assumes a guilty appearance in order to save her faithless cousin's marriage.
A Girl and Her Money
Harry - a Poor Clerk
A society girl changes places with her maid for an adventure.
Unto the Third Generation
Esther's Sweetheart
A young Jewish woman wrestles with the dilemma of an interfaith marriage.
Traffic in Souls
Officer Larry Burke
A woman, with the aid of her police officer sweetheart, endeavors to uncover the prostitution ring that has kidnapped her sister, and the philanthropist who secretly runs it.
The Girl O’ the Woods
Hal Cameron
Romance develops between a young woman from the Tennessee hills and a man from the city; she saves his life when her brothers threaten to kill him; they part, eventually to be reunited years later.