Carrie Daumery
Nacimiento : 1863-03-25, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
Muerte : 1938-07-01
Buenos Aires Opera Dowager
Theater manager James Guthrie's (Melvyn Douglas) career depends on famed soprano Elsa Terry (Grace Moore) singing in his Buenos Aires opera house, however, Elsa breaks the contract in favor of a more lucrative deal in Paris. Desperate, James begins showering her with flowers and candy in an attempt to woo her to the Argentinian opera house. When Elsa overhears James confess to his friend Pancho that he'd be willing to resort to kidnapping to get Elsa to Argentina, she mistakenly believes his motives to be solely romantic.
Championship Fight Spectator (uncredited)
Nick Donati, un mánager de boxeo, descubre en un hotel a Ward, un botones que logra noquear a un peso pesado que estaba molestando a Louise, la novia de Nick. Nick le ofrece al chico entrenarlo para hacer de él un boxeador profesional. Ward acepta y se hace llamar 'Kid Galahad'. Las cosas se complicarán porque un tipo sin escrúpulos se interpondrá en los planes de Nick. Además, Louise empieza a sentirse atraída por Ward, pero éste se enamora de Marie, la hermana de Nick.
French Flower Woman
Two reporters pose as man and wife in order to get the goods on a munitions supplier and the rumours of war in Europe.
Dowager (uncredited)
After the woman who raised him claims he's not her son, Richard searches for clues about his identity. Urged on by his mentor, Capt. Randolph Courtney, Richard focuses on Julia Trent Anders, a middle-aged actress who just might be his real mother. But soon, Richard begins to fall for Julia's stepdaughter. Amidst the upheaval, Richard schemes to return Julia to the stage -- but he's in for another big surprise.
Dowager Party Guest
The wealthy Van Dyke family are constantly in the media for outrageous behavior, much to the frustration of the patriarch, Dan Van Dyke. His self-centered wife has a fondness for foreign imports, including "pet projects" like dancers and such and his spoiled children Tony and Carol have constant run-ins with the law. When Dan himself ends up in the clink for five years for tax evasion, he becomes bunk-mates with ex-bootlegger Joe "Spots" Ricardi. Ricardi lectures him on being such a push-over for an out-of-control family, so a dying Dan makes Ricardi his estate trustee once he is released from prison. Ricardi is then thrust into high society and must do everything he once nagged Dan to do.
Mlle. Thomas
Princess Wilma is forced to wed by midnight or lose her inheritance. She impulsively chooses gypsy vagabond Latzi, offering him a huge sum of money if he'll consent. Swallowing his pride, Latzi agrees to the marriage, but soon the coy Countess falls in love with young Lieutenant de Tokay, who is himself in love with Latzi's gypsy sweetheart Tinka.
Marquesa
Based on an AJ Cronin novel, a disgraced doctor exiled to the Canary Islands, meets and falls in love with a married woman.
Dowager on Gambling Ship
A sleazy lawyer's female assistant sets out to end his cheating ways.
Woman at Court when Antonio arrive at Christines Throne (uncredited)
Suecia, siglo XVII. Durante la guerra de los Treinta Años (1618-1648) muere, en la batalla de Lutzen, el rey Gustavo Adolfo de Suecia. Hereda el trono su hija Cristina, que desde la infancia se entrega en cuerpo y alma a los problemas de estado, lo que la lleva a renunciar al matrimonio con el principe Carlos Gustavo, héroe nacional y el pretendiente preferido por todos. Sin embargo, Cristina se enamora profundamente de Don Antonio, Conde de Pimentel y embajador del rey de España en Suecia.
Reception Guest (uncredited)
Un imaginario país en bancarrota requiere el apoyo económico de una acaudalada viuda (Margaret Dumont) para salir adelante. Como condición para extender el financiamiento, la acreedora exige que el excéntrico Rufus T. Firefly (Groucho Marx) tome las riendas de la nación. Deseando sacar partida de la crisis, el ambicioso embajador de una potencia vecina (Louis Calhern) hará cuanto sea posible para desprestigiar al nuevo líder y para ello echará mano de dos inusuales espías (Harpo y Chico Marx).
Casino Patron (uncredited)
Ace Corbin, cansado de una vida disoluta y repleta de malas compañías comienza una nueva vida con otro nombre y se aleja de su pasado en tren. Allí conoce a una joven llamada Eleanor que también arrastra un oscuro pasado...
This drama offers a few slices from the lives of those who live, work, and travel upon a luxurious trans-atlantic ocean liner.
Dowager (uncredited)
Encantador y romántico musical que marcó el paso de muchos de los posteriores. Un sastre de París y una princesa se enamoran en esta obra maestra con el gran Maurice Chevalier.
Countess (uncredited)
During WW1, the girls become spies when they spend the evening with two German officers.
Dinner Guest
Un embajador de Estados Unidos llega a un pequeño país que está siendo sacudido por intrigas políticas y disturbios civiles. Tiene la misión de hacerse amigo del niño que va a ser el rey del país, para garantizar que viva lo suficiente como para recibir la corona y que esté preparado para asumir el papel.
Birthday Party Guest
A woman's life falls to pieces when she's caught cheating on her husband.
Lady in Waiting (uncredited)
El teniente Nikolaus 'Niki' von Preyn se enamora de la violinista Franzi en Viena, donde se convierten en amantes. Cuando el rey de Flausenthurm llega a la ciudad con su poco agraciada hija Anna, Niki forma parte de la guardia de honor de las calles. Niki sonríe a Franzi, quien se encuentra en la acera de enfrente, le guiña un ojo justo cuando pasa el carruaje, y Anna cree que estos gestos van dirigidos a ella.
Opera Attendee in Box (uncredited)
An aspiring classical singer is romanced by both a famous opera star and his younger understudy.
Strangeways Party Guest (uncredited)
When a woman models for an artist they fall in love. Can the artist overcome the beauty's recent past as another man's mistress?
Haughty Casino Dowager
An Austrian soldier must choose between a wealthy fiancee and a new girl who takes his fancy.
Guest at Grand Ball
New Moon is the name of the ship crossing the Caspian Sea. A young Lt. Petroff meets the Princess Tanya and they have a ship board romance. Upon arriving at the port of Krasnov, Petroff learns that Tanya is engaged to the old Governor Brusiloff. Petroff, disillusioned, crashes the ball to talk with Tanya. Found by Brusiloff, they invent a story about her lost bracelet. To reward him, and remove him, Brusiloff sends Petroff to the remote, and deadly, Fort Darvaz. Soon, the big battle against overwhelming odds will begin.
Elderly Fashion Show Spectator
Two gold diggers try a French dressmaker, two Mr. Smiths and Havana.
Dowager at Dress Salon (uncredited)
A wealthy and powerful industrialist changes his identity to avenge himself on the wife that spurned him on their wedding night.
Claire Devezac
Cameo Kirby, an honest riverboat gambler who works the Mississippi, rescues a girl from a gang of ruffians in New Orleans, but she disappears after he sings her a love song.
Party Guest (uncredited)
An unhappily married woman is caught up in scandal and murder when her affection toward a young man is misinterpreted.
Baroness Veimar
In this romance set in Russia, a fisherman's daughter is jilted by her true love and instead marries a baron. Time passes and the two men meet each other in Siberia where they have both been exiled. When the poorer man has the opportunity to come home, he changes places with the baron so that he can return to his wife. Unbeknownst to him, she has gone to the frozen wasteland to search for him.
Dining Room Guest (uncredited)
A young, unfaithful wife and mother is thrown out by her cold, unforgiving husband, the Attorney General of France. She is barred from ever seeing her three year old son again despite her earnest attempts to make amends. For many years the mother seeks refuge overseas and in Absinthe. In the end, her son, a young and promising lawyer unknowingly defends her in court. Ruth Chatterton gives a marvelous performance in this early talkie in her portrayal of Madame X.
Barbara Morgan
A producer decides to reopen a theater, that had been closed five years previously when one of the actors was murdered during a performance, by staging a production of the same play with the remaining members of the original cast.
Queriéndose vengar de Lord Clancharlie, El Rey Jacobo II ordena la muerte y el secuestro de su hijo. Como venganza contra su padre, el niño es secuestrado y deformado su rostro quedándole una sonrisa monstruosa. Tras vivir en una feria y enamorarse de una ciega, la Reina Ana se entera del origen nobiliario de Gwynplaine y le restituye su título de Lord. La reina le quiere obligar a que se case con su hermana para castigarla, pero él huye con su verdadero amor.
One of Richard's Aunts (uncredited)
Toni Le Brun sueña con ser cantante de ópera, pero el único trabajo que consigue es como corista en un club nocturno. Después de rechazar las insinuaciones de un cliente rico, Toni y la costurera del club son despedidas...
Dowager (uncredited)
Anna Karenina (Greta Garbo) está casada con el senador Karenin (Brandon Hurst), de quien tiene un hijo de cinco años. Pero cuando conoce al capitán del ejército zarista Alexei Vronsky (John Gilbert), ambos quedan prendados el uno del otro y así comenzará la historia de un gran amor prohibido que, ni la sociedad ni el ejército, aprueban en absoluto.
Theatre Audience Spectator
"Upstream" es una comedia ligera puesta en el ambiente teatral que muestra a la gente en los peldaños más bajos del entretenimiento. Centrada en un triángulo amoroso.
Countess Morne
Young orphan Victoria Sax becomes a grand duchess and is summoned to a remote kingdom.
Queen
To avert war between their countries an official marriage is arranged between Crown Prince Boris of Moraine and Princess Flavia of Norvia. Prince Karl of Norvia sees in the alliance an opportunity to gain control of both kingdoms but upon visiting Boris finds him unyielding and independent. Flavia, shedding her stately dignity in the palace garden, is accosted by the flirtatious Boris, who believes her to be the princess' cousin; and falling in love, he realizes that he cannot go through with the planned marriage.
Countess von Hurtig
A story of Vienna following World War I, in which the butchers became millionaires and the aristocrats became beggars, told against a background of mother-love and sacrifice.
Duchess
Convent-bred to assume her position of nobility when the time comes, Princess Antoinette plays hooky from school one day to attend a theatrical performance. Here she meets a handsome young American, and it's love at first sight. Meanwhile, in the Princess' home country, the Prime Minister plots to quell a rebellion by arranging a marriage between Antoinette and the Grand Duke.
The Duchess of Berwick
La señora Erlynne, mujer de dudosa reputación, regresa a Londres y manda llamar a Lord Windermere. Le revela que es la madre de su esposa, a quien ésta cree muerta, y exige dinero por su silencio. También solicita una invitación a la fiesta de cumpleaños de Lady Windermere, pero ésta se niega. La señora Erlynne toma la carta de rechazo por la invitación y se presenta en la fiesta, desatando los celos de Lady Windermere.
Pet Shop Customer (uncredited)
Tres artistas de circo dejan sus aburridas vidas de penurias y forman una banda conocida como "Los Tres Impíos": un ventrílocuo, un enano y un forzudo forman equipo para cometer una serie de robos.
Mother Superior
A French orphan who grew up in a convent sets out to see Paris. It turns out that she is the heir to a fortune but doesn't know it, and has been lured to Paris by one of the heirs who does know who she is; he plans to swindle her out of her inheritance so he can have everything.
Lady Vernon
In the year 1550, Sir George Vernon agrees to have his young daughter Dorothy betrothed to John Manners, the son of the Earl of Rutland. Sir George signs a contract, promising that the marriage will take place on Dorothy's 18th birthday, or else he will have to pay a large penalty to Rutland. But when the two children have grown older, rumors of John's wild behavior in France provoke Sir George to call off the engagement, and to pledge his daughter instead to her cousin Malcolm. Rutland now claims the forfeit from Sir George, and meanwhile, John has befriended Mary Stuart, the sworn enemy of Elizabeth, who is now Queen of England.
Lady-in-Waiting
Alexei, un joven oficial, salva a la zarina de un pequeño reino de unos conspiradores revolucionarios, y ella le recompensa con su amor. Él deja entonces a Anna, la chica de quien estaba enamorado y que es dama de honor de la zarina. Pero ésta le es infiel y el despechado Alexei se une a los conspiradores. El canciller corta la revolución de raíz y la zarina hace que detengan a Alexei.
Mere Grandet
Young playboy Charles Grandet is sent to live with his miserly uncle after his father loses his fortune. He and his cousin Eugenie fall in love, but his uncle sends him away and tries to arrange a marriage more to his liking (and profit!). Will true love triumph?