Cornelius Keefe

Cornelius Keefe

Nacimiento : 1900-07-14, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Muerte : 1972-12-11

Perfil

Cornelius Keefe

Películas

Las sanguijuelas humanas
Senator Walter K. Powers
Suceden cosas extrañas en Riverdale, Illinois. Se ha encontrado, semienterrada, una estructura enorme que parecería ser de origen alienígena. El senador Walter Powers (Jack Hill) y el Dr. Paul Kettering (Edwin Nelson), encargados de investigar el origen de ese objeto misterioso, descubren que los parásitos provenientes del centro de la tierra, que se aferran al cuello de sus víctimas para controlar sus cerebros, se han infiltrado en la ciudad y ahora controlan a las autoridades y a los trabajadores e impiden la comunicación con el exterior. Powers, Kettering y un grupo de personas libres deberán frenar la invasión.
La resaca
Capt. Kroger
Una rubia actriz es asesinada frente a un bar. Un policía fuera de servicio estaba borracho en el bar, y comienza a preocuparse acerca de su inocencia cuando le informan de que fue visto salir del establecimiento con una rubia, hecho que él no recuerda. A medida que investiga, el investigador entrevista a un columnista que iba con la actriz, un caricaturista que dibujó a la víctima, a la esposa del caricaturista, que trabaja en el bar, y a la amante de ésta. Lentamente comienza a encajar las piezas del rompecabezas mortal.
Entre ladrones anda el amor
Officer (uncredited)
Dos ladrones de joyas, Gerald Meldrick y Anya Von Duren, buscan en la India el mismo botín: un maravilloso diamante que pertenece a una duquesa y está custodiado por un inspector de Scotland Yard. Anya utiliza sus armas de seducción para tener bajo control al inspector, pero tras la invasión de Bombay por los japoneses, todo se complica.
Saddlemates
Lieutenant Bob Manning
The Three Mesquiteers, as army scouts, soothe hostilities between the Army and Indians after both have been riled by someone with a hidden agenda - a renegade chief, who is found to be masquerading as an Army interpreter.
La muchacha de la Quinta Avenida
Tommy Hopkins (uncredited)
Un hombre acaudalado contrata a una pobre chica para que se haga pasar por su amante, de cara a conseguir mayor atención por parte de su desapegada familia.
La diligencia
Capt. Whitney (uncredited)
Personajes muy variopintos emprenden un largo, duro y peligroso viaje en diligencia. Entre ellos, un fuera de la ley en busca de venganza, una prostituta a la que han echado del pueblo, un jugador, un médico, la mujer embarazada de un militar y un sheriff. Las relaciones entre ellos serán difíciles y tensas. Además, durante el viaje, tendrán que afrontar el ataque de una partida de indios apaches.
Fugitives for a Night
Gambler at Roulette Wheel
A faded star is suspected of killing a studio executive.
My Old Kentucky Home
Trent Burke
Larry is engaged to Lisbeth Blair but he becomes attentive to Gail, a singer, and is injured in an accident in her apartment. He is slowly going blind and decides that he shouldn't marry Lisbeth. A surgeon restores his sight and he and Lisbeth reconcile to the strains of "My Old Kentucky Home" sung by the Hall Johnson Choir.
Telephone Operator
Campbell
A telephone operator covering for a friend's "fling" finds herself in the middle of a major disaster when the city is hit by a big flood and her switchboard is the center of communications.
The Trigger Trio
Tom Brent
In this western, the Three Mesquiteers must find a killer and his band after they murder an official from the State Agricultural Service who had come to investigate an outbreak of hoof and mouth disease. The killer is fearful that the official would quarantine his entire herd. Unfortunately for the foolish rancher, if the herd is not isolated, all of his cows and those of his neighbors will die anyway. The heroes are assisted by Buck the clever Great Dane.
The Old Corral
Martin Simms
As the sheriff of a small western town, Autry sings his way into a relationship with Eleanor, a singer from a Chicago nightclub who earlier witnessed a murder.
Hong Kong Nights
Gil Burris
Customs agents track a ring of arms smugglers into Hong Kong.
Western Courage
Eric Simpson
Wealthy Henry Hanley takes his family to a dude ranch. But his daughter Gloria's boyfriend Eric is waiting and he is after Hanley's money. Ken overhears Eric's plan and abducts Gloria to stop the elopement. The outlaw Lacrosse and his henchman then catch Ken without his guns, take off with Gloria, and leave a tied up Ken in a burning shack.
Thunder in the Night
Paul Szegedy
A whodunit set in Budapest, starring Edmund Lowe as a detective investigating the murder of an unemployed vaudeville actor.
Atlantic Adventure
Douglas Stanton
When reporter Dan Miller is once again late to meet his girl friend, Helen Murdock, because he is working on a story, Helen breaks up with him. Later, in an effort to reconcile with her, Dan misses an appointment with the district attorney, and is fired when his editor learns that the district attorney was murdered in Dan's absence. The man suspected of the crime, Mitts Coster, is rumored to be traveling to Europe aboard an ocean liner. While Dan's friend, photographer Snapper McGillicuddy, fetches Helen to the boat, under the pretense that Dan is leaving town to forget her, Dan searches the ship for Mitts, whom he does not recognize. When Helen arrives, Dan feigns illness, and she admits her love for him. When Helen learns of Dan's ruse, however, she angrily hits him with a package that a passenger gave her when she boarded the ship. The package contains a passport for Dorothy Madden, who greatly resembles Helen, and $2,000 dollars.
Corazones rotos
Bill (uncredited)
El profesor Thalma presenta, en su casa, al prestigioso director de orquesta Franz Roberti (Charles Boyer) y a su alumna Constance Dane (Katharine Hepburn), la cual impresionará luego, con su belleza y su talento como compositora al notable director. Después de estar felizmente casados, comenzarán los problemas cuando, a la vida de Franz, regresa una atractiva amiga de los viejos tiempos.
El delator
House Patron
Irlanda 1922. Traición entre amigos para un conocido filme de Ford. Rodada en apenas 3 semanas. En el agitado Dublín de los años veinte, Gypo Nolan, un tipo sin oficio ni beneficio, expulsado del Ejército de Liberación Irlandés y con tendencia a empinar el codo, sueña con viajar a Estados Unidos en compañía de su novia, Katie, que se gana la vida como prostituta. Animado por la recompensa que ofrecen las autoridades, Gypo delata el paradero del activista Frankie McPhillip, un viejo amigo y compañero.
Kentucky Blue Streak
District Attorney Barton Pierce
A nosy reporter (Nugent) befriends the dumb Coughlin and pushes the Governor to commute his sentence. Now, Coughlin can ride his family's pride and joy in the Kentucky Derby. BUT, the mean old Warden cancels all paroles--and the idiot decides to escape (even though he's only got 10 more months to serve). So, the reporter has a hunch and goes to see if he can find Coughlin--and the Warden deputizes him!! At this point you might wonder if the boy will make good and win the big race
Three on a Honeymoon
Phil Lang
This romantic comedy takes place on an ocean liner. One of the few unattached passengers is heiress Joan Foster. Joan finds herself in the arms of the ship's second officer. Little does she know that he has been hired by her father to keep other men away from her.
Mystery Liner
First Officer Cliff Rogers
Police try to solve a murder on board an ocean liner.
The Wolf Dog
Jerry Patton
The story of a boy, a dog, and a man. The boy discovers he is heir to a shipping line, and travels to Los Angeles, accompanied by inventor/radio operator Bob Whitlock and Irene Blaine. Their journey is aided by Pal, a wolf dog.
A Man of Sentiment
Dr. Jordan
A man and woman fall in love at first sight, but everyone in their universe tries to keep them apart except one old fool with a sentimental heart.
Charlie Chan's Greatest Case
Steve Letherbee
When a good-for-nothing man named Dan is stabbed to death and his arm broken, Charlie Chan is on the case. His first clue comes from the victim's sister, who noticed a prowler wearing a glow-in-the-dark wristwatch.
Tomorrow at Seven
Henderson
People in an old, dark mansion are menaced by a maniac called "The Black Ace.
Horse Play
Philip Marley
Ranchowner Slim Perkins is in love with his neighbor's niece, Angelica Wayne, but her aunt and uncle throw him off their property because he is a poor bumbler. One day a stranger buys Slim's ranch for one million dollars because the land contains valuable minerals. Slim and his partner, Andy Jones, are overwhelmed by their new found wealth, but it does not help to soothe Slim's hurt feelings when he finds out that Angelica has gone to England to stay with her other aunt. He decides to bring her his horse, "Cynthia Ann," as a gift, and with Andy and the horse, he sets sail.
Don't Play Bridge With Your Wife
Edward Baker
A Mack Sennett-produced sound short about couples playing bridge through the ages.
The Silver Lining
Jerry
Una chica rica va a parar a la cárcel, donde conocerá a algunas personas afectadas por su negligencia.
Conducta desordenada
Stallings
Un policía de tráfico pone una multa a la hija de un político influyente, el cual consigue que le destinen a patrullar las calles a pie. Cuando descubre a la joven en el bar de un gangster durante una redada, la ayuda a escapar, y después chantajea al padre.
Una mujer con pasado
Spaulding
Una chica rica de la alta sociedad neoyorkina con fama de aburrida se da cuenta de que se es mucho más popular entre los hombres cuando se pretende ser una chica "mala". De viaje en París conoce a Guy, un joven americano arruinado que le ayudará a inventarse esa "mala" fama para llamar la atención de la sociedad en la que se mueve y en particular la de su amado Donnie.
Brothers
Tom Conroy
Young orphaned brothers Tom and Bob are separated when Bob is taken to an orphan asylum by the authorities and Tom escapes. As time goes by Tom takes to a life of crime, but uses the proceeds to contribute to Bob's education. Years later the brothers meet again when Tom tries to involve Bob in a con game--and neither one knows that the other is his brother. Complications ensue.
The Bad Sister
New Father in Hospital (uncredited)
Marianne falls in love with con man Valentine who uses their relation to get her father's endorsement on a money-raising scheme. He runs off with the money and Marianne, later dumping her. Her sister Laura loves Dr. Lindley although she knows he loves Marianne. Marianne returns and marries a wealthy young man, and Lindley turns his love toward Laura.
Ex-Flame
Keith
A woman's uncontrollable jealousy over her husband's former girlfriend results in her losing not only her house but her young son is taken away from her.
Those Who Dance
Pat Hogan
A policeman doubles as a gunman to get in with the mob.
Circumstantial Evidence
Arthur Rowland
Duplicitous businessman Henry Lord talks Tony Benton, the weakling brother of heroine Jean Benton, into forging a check. The evidence is framed so that innocent clerk Arthur Rowland is accused of the crime.
The Devil's Chaplain
Yorke Norray
Escaping from a revolution, the King of a mythical Balkan country heads to the United States. Here he finds a friend in the form of dashing secret service agent Yorke Norray.
The Man from Headquarters
Yorke Norray
A brilliant detective is trying to break up a notorious crime ring, using part of an intercepted message. While investigating, he meets a beautiful and mysterious countess.
Thanksgiving Day
Dr. Robert Hayes
Business is bad for doctors and undertakers, but it's Thanksgiving Day and luck might change.
The Adorable Cheat
George Mason
The daughter of a wealthy industrialist wants to take over the company when her father retires, but the father--an old-fashioned sort who doesn't believe that "girls" belong in business--is planning on leaving the company to her wastrel playboy brother. In order to prove to her dad that she can handle the job, she disguises herself as an ordinary "working girl" and gets a job in her dad's plant. There she meets and falls in love with a clerk. She brings the young man home to meet her folks, but during the evening the family safe is robbed, and all signs point to her new boyfriend.
A Light in the Window
Bert Emmonds
Three's a Crowd
The Husband
Harry, The Odd Fellow, is a tenement worker who lives alone in a shack alongside a warehouse and longs for the companionship of a wife and children like other men. One day he spies a pretty girl in his telescope and sends her by carrier pigeon a note that, alas, is received by the wrong party. The Girl marries and, poverty-striken, leaves her husband during a snowstorm. Harry takes her in, and minutes later her child is born. He works like a slave for the mother and child, pretending they are his own. Meanwhile, the husband finds her and comes to the shack on Christmas Eve as Harry is preparing to play Santa Claus. Not realizing the unhappiness she is causing him, The Girl thanks him profusely and leaves with her husband. Overcome, Harry sits overnight on the doorstep and the next morning is found frozen stiff except for his eyes--with amusing results.
Children of the Whirlwind
A recent parolee tries to go straight with the help of a friendly artist, but his old gang, his sweetheart, and a crooked cop make it difficult for him to escape a life of crime.
A Society Scandal
Friend of Marjorie
Hector Colbert sues his wife Marjorie for a divorce after Peters, an admirer of Marjorie, deliberately compromises her. Colbert's lawyer, Daniel Farr, believing that Marjorie's behavior was wrong, gets the divorce, but he ruins the reputation of a fun-loving woman who was simply bored with her husband. Later, she and Farr meet; she plots a revenge against the lawyer but confesses her fabrication when she realizes that she loves him.