George Barbier

George Barbier

Nacimiento : 1864-11-19, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Muerte : 1945-07-19

Perfil

George Barbier

Películas

Blonde Ransom
Uncle William Morrison
Vicki Morrison is the niece of the irascible old scoundrel Uncle William Morrison. When Vicki's boyfriend and owner of a Broadway nightclub Duke Randall needs $63,000 in a hurry, Vicki fakes her own kidnapping to raise the ransom money from her uncle. Things get sticky when the phony abduction turns real.
Her Lucky Night
J.L. Wentworth
In this romantic comedy, three man-hungry sisters consult a fortune-teller to help them with their romantic futures.
Week-End Pass
Commander 'Pops' Bradley
A run-away socialite "Babs" Bradley (Martha O'Driscoll), using an alias, wants to join the WACs, finds romance with a shipyard worker, Johnny Adams (Noah Beery Jr.), while dodging sheriffs, policemen and others who are searching for her.
Hello, Frisco, Hello
Col. Weatherby
In turn-of-the-century San Francisco, an ambitious vaudevillian takes his quartet from a honky tonk to the big time, while spurning the love of his troupe's star singer for a selfish heiress.
Thunder Birds
Col. Cyrus P. 'Gramps' Saunders
On a secluded base in Arizona, veteran World War I pilot Steve Britt trains flyers to fight in World War II. One of his trainees, Englishman Peter Stackhouse, competes with Britt for the affections of Kay Saunders, the daughter of a local rancher. Despite their differences, Britt makes sure Sutton passes his training and becomes a combat pilot -- even though he loses Kay to the young man in the process.
Así vivo yo
James Roger Barker
Cuando el propietario de una escuela dedicada a enseñar a la gente a tener éxito ve que está a punto de quebrar, se le ocurre una idea: buscar revitalizar su negocio convirtiendo a un fracasado en un tipo famoso. Encuentra su conejillo de indias ideal en la figura de un tal Tad Page, que se toma las cosas con calma alquilando barcos en verano y no haciendo otra cosa que meditar en invierno... Comedia con guión de George Seaton que retomaba argumentos de Frank Capra sobre el hombre de pueblo que, con su ingenuidad y falta de malicia, da una lección a los señoritos de la gran ciudad.
Yanqui Dandy
Erlanger
La biografía del bailarín de vodevil George M. Cohan, creador del himno norteamericano ”Over There”, sirvió de base para este musical donde Cagney pudo demostrar sus grandes dotes para el baile. La obra, aunque se trata de una comedia, tiene un importante trasfondo de propaganda bélica ya que está realizada en plena Segunda Guerra Mundial.
Song of the Islands
Jefferson Harper Sr.
With his sidekick Rusty, Jeff Harper sails to paradisiacal tropical isle Ahmi-Oni to bargain on behalf of his cattle baron father for land owned by transplanted Irishman Dennis O'Brien. But Jeff falls in love with O'Brien's daughter, Eileen, and even his father can't break them up after he arrives and himself falls under the spell of island splendor.
El hombre que vino a cenar
Dr. Bradley
El famoso escritor Sheridan Whiteside tiene una lengua viperina y un cerebro que puede resolver el crucigrama del New York Times en cuatro minutos. En un viaje a Ohio para dar una conferencia, sufre un accidente a causa del hielo y se ve obligado a permanecer recluido en la casa de un matrimonio burgués. Su comportamiento en la casa es tiránico, la gobierna como un zar y, por si fuera poco, se entromete en la vida amorosa de todo el mundo.
Marry the Boss's Daughter
J.W. Barrett
Young man from Kansas goes to New York to work for his tycoon-hero. His superiors won't listen to his ideas about business, but the boss and his daughter do.
A la Habana me voy
Walter McCracken
La empleada de unos almacenes de Nueva York es premiada con un crucero con destino La Habana. La compañía envía a uno de sus directivos para asegurarse de que el viaje se desarrolla sin problema alguno, pero no advierte a la muchacha que el acompañante en cuestión tiene novia. Decepcionada por la falta de interés del caballero, la joven acepta el galanteo de un atractivo jugador – con gran enfado de su compañera y cantante – que la toma por una rica millonaria en vacaciones. El apuesto ejecutivo no tarda en comprender que está comprometido con la mujer equivocada.
Sing Another Chorus
Mr. Peyton
In this musical, an idealistic college graduate is bitten by the show business bug after he finds success writing and producing the campus variety show. Wanting to launch his career, he convinces his father to allow him to create a production using the workers at the old man's clothing factory. Unfortunately, the young man is naive and an unscrupulous producer bilks his father's advance money from him.
Million Dollar Baby
Marlin
A sudden windfall has unexpected consequences on a working class girl during the Great Depression.
Repent at Leisure
Robert Cornelius Baldwin
Everyone in a large department store knows that a rising star is married to the owner's daughter, except her husband.
La venganza de Frank James
Judge
Cuando los periódicos publican la noticia del asesinato de Jesse James, su hermano Frank, que desde hace años vive con una identidad falsa (Ben Wooden), decide abandonar su pacífica vida de granjero para vengar su muerte.
Village Barn Dance
Uncle Si
Dan Martin, an unemployed college graduate, drifts into the town of Lyndale, only to learn that the town and everything in it are dominated by Minerva Withers, a tight-fisted, old skinflint whose welcome does not extend to tramps.
Remember?
Mr. McIntyre
A punto de casarse con Sky, Linda se enamora de Jeff y se casa con él. Pronto se dará cuenta de que quizá no haya hecho una buena elección, pues Jeff solo piensa en su trabajo y apenas tienen tiempo para estar juntos. Así que, poco después, Linda pide el divorcio. De solucionar la crisis matrimonial se encargará Sky, que ha fabricado una poción que borrará los recuerdos de la pareja haciendo que vuelvan a enamorarse.
Smuggled Cargo
C.P. Franklin
When a sudden cold snap hits the Imperial Valley in California, orange growers fear that frost will kill their crops. Orange Growers Association president John Clayton assures his fellow farmers that he will help them obtain the oil needed to keep warming fires burning.
News Is Made at Night
Clanahan
Newspaper editor (Foster) will do almost anything to increase circulation. He campaigns to free a condemned man while accusing a wealthy ex-criminal of a string of murders.
S.O.S Tidal Wave
Uncle Dan Carter
A news reporter-commentator at a combined radio-television broadcasting station gives up his stand against the election of a corrupt mayoral candidate after a gangster threatens his family. Features tidal wave stock footage from RKO's "Deluge" (1933), q.v.
Wife, Husband and Friend
Major Blair
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 tries opera and also flops.
Enamorados
Benjamin Silver
Una pareja ha logrado un gran éxito en Broadway con su musical Sweethearts. Tras seis años en cartelera, los dos se ven tentados por una exquisita oferta para trabajar en el cine, lo que cambiará sus vidas.
Straight, Place and Show
Mr. Drake
The Ritz Brothers go to the race track. They raise training end entrance money in a wrestling match and help a young man train the horse of his fiancée.
Hold That Co-ed
Maj. Hubert Breckenridge
Un político que se presenta a gobernador ayuda a una universidad a conseguir la victoria de su equipo de fútbol americano.
My Lucky Star
George Cabot Sr
George Cabot Jr., the son of a department store owner, enrolls Kristina Nielsen, the store's sports clerk, at a university to use her as an advertisement for their fashion department. She falls for Larry Taylor, a teacher, and gets expelled.
Little Miss Broadway
Fiske
Un huérfano es adoptado provisionalmente por el gerente de un hotel poblado por gente de negocios. Al dueño del hotel no le gustan los artistas y quiere que la niña regrese al orfanato.
Hold That Kiss
Mr. Piermont
Nace el amor entre un hombre y una mujer cuando ambos piensan que el otro es rico.
Las aventuras de Marco Polo
Kublai Khan
Relato que narra los viajes del aventurero Marco Polo, que viajó hasta Asia desde Italia descubriendo numerosas culturas. En Pekín conocerá la pólvora y se enamorará de la hija del emperador Kublai Khan.
La venganza de Tarzán
Roger Reed
La joven Eleanor y sus padres van de caza mayor acompañados por el novio de ella, adentrándose en la peligrosa jungla africana. Ben Bey, un despótico jefe de la zona, quiere añadirla a su harén de 100 mujeres, pero Tarzán, que se ha enamorado de Eleanor, intentará mantenerla alejada de los problemas ante la cobardía de su novio.
A Girl with Ideas
John Morton
A rich banker's zany daughter gains control of a large newspaper.
Es amor lo que busco
William West
Los célebres actores teatrales Basil Underwood y Joyce Arden son socios en escena y fuera de ella. Un gaje del oficio de Basil es que las mujeres a menudo se enamoran de él cuando sale a las tablas... y que él a veces se deja adorar. La vida de Basil y Joyce es apasionada y tempestuosa, caracterizada por disputas y simulaciones constantes, que suelen continuar en escena, mascullando por lo bajo. Tras su última pelea y reconciliación, finalmente han decidido casarse por duodécima y definitiva vez... ¿Pero será la última?
Hotel Haywire
I. Ketts
Parkhouse plays a practical joke on a poker-playing buddy by sending him home with a lady's chemise stuffed in his coat pocket. The gag backfires, whereupon Parkhouse finds himself in hot water with his own wife. Threatened with divorce, Parkhouse is advised by a zany astrologer to frame Mrs. P. in a compromising situation at the Hotel Haywire, enlisting amateur detectives Bert and Genevieve Sterns in his scheme.
Waikiki Wedding
J.P. Todhunter
Tony Marvin is a laid back but incredibly successful promoter and fair-haired boy for J. P. Todhunter's pineapple company located in beautiful Hawaii. He gets the company to sponsor a contest in which the winner gets a Hawaiian vacation and is obligated to write articles on the islands which, when published, will constitute a publicity coup for the company. Unfortunately, Georgia Smith, the winner, feels lonely and isolated in the Islands and wants to return to the States. With help from buddy Shad Buggle Tony tries to romantically divert Georgia without letting her know his true motivation.
On the Avenue
Commodore Caraway
A new Broadway show starring Gary Blake shamelessly lampoons the rich Carraway family. To get her own back, daughter Mimi sets out to ensnare Blake, but the courtship is soon for real, to the annoyance of his co-star, hoofing chanteuese Mona Merrick.
Three Married Men
Mr. Cary
Jennie Mullins and her fiancé Peter Cary are happily in love but their families are miserable about their relationship. The Carys and Mullinses have been feuding for years over the apparent failure of the Carys' business which was caused by the now-deceased Mr. Mullins. Despite familial pressure to the contrary, Jennie and Peter proceed with their wedding. Just before the wedding, Peter receives advice from his soon-to-be brothers-in-law, Jeff and Bill Mullins. Both men warn him about the drudgery of marriage, ply him with drink, and destroy his fantasy of an ideal, romantic marriage.
Spendthrift
Uncle Morton Middleton
Un playboy, aficionado a jugar al polo, duda entre casarse con una chica pobre pero honrada o con una rica heredera que resulta ser una estafadora.
Early to Bed
Horace B. Stanton
Chester Beatty and Tessie Weeks have been engaged for 5 years and going together for 15 years before that. Chester is reluctant to burden Tessie with marriage because of his secret problem. He is a sleepwalker. When Tessie finally does rope Chester into marriage, he can't get time off from his boss of 26 years, Mr. Frisbee. To resolve the problem, Chester sets out to impress his boss by securing a big sales contract of glass eyes. He takes Tessie and follows the rich doll company owner Horace B. Stanton to a lakeside resort and befriends him. However, his sleep-walking makes him a prime suspect in a thievery/murder case.
The Princess Comes Across
Captain Nicholls
A Swedish princess boards an ocean liner in Europe en route to an acting career in America, and finds herself getting inconveniently attached to a bandleader returning home. To complicate matters, a blackmailer on board apparently knows she is not who she claims to be - and he has his sights set on other passengers with secrets of their own. In the meantime an escaped killer has stowed away under someone else's identity, and is killing again to cover his tracks; five international police detectives on board are heading the investigation to find him. When evidence points to the princess and bandleader, they must find the killer themselves - before he finds them.
The Preview Murder Mystery
Jerome Hewitt
The star of "Song of the Toreador" receives threatening messages that he will not survive the preview screening of the film. The studio publicist works with the Director, the Producer and the police, to discover who is behind the threats.
Entre esposa y secretaria
J.D. Underwood
Van Stanhope (Clark Gable) depende totalmente de su secretaria Whitey Wilson (Jean Harlow), a la que ve a todas horas para tratar de los asuntos de la empresa. Esto y sus constantes viajes de negocios hacen que pase muy poco tiempo con su esposa Linda (Mirna Loy), que no alberga la más mínima sospecha hasta que su suegra (May Robson) hace que empiece a desconfiar de su marido.
La Vía Láctea
Wilbur Austin
Burleigh Sullivan (Lloyd) es un tímido lechero que, sin saber muy bien como, noquea a un campeón de boxeo en una pelea. El manager del boxeador decide construir la reputación del lechero en una serie fija de combates y más tarde hacer que el campeón le gane y reconquiste así su título.
Here Comes Cookie
Harrison Allen
A scatterbrained heiress opens her home to a succession of unemployed actors and vaudeville performers, then decides to produce her own show, much to the consternation of her father, her sister and her sister's boyfriend, who is actually after the young girl's money.
Hollywood Extra Girl
Crusades Actor
Semi-documentary of a typical "extra girl" on a C.B.DeMille film.
Las Cruzadas
Sancho, King of Navarre
Ricardo Corazón de León marcha a las Cruzadas para eludir su boda con la princesa Alicia de Francia, y por el camino contrae matrimonio con Berengaria para proporcionar comida a sus hombres. Todo se complica cuando Berengaria es raptada por Saladino.
Old Man Rhythm
John Roberts Sr.
Romantic rivalries between father and son enrolled at the same college.
Broadway Gondolier
Music Critic Hayward
A taxi driver travels to Venice and poses as a gondolier to land a radio singing job.
Hold 'Em Yale
Mr. Van Cleve
A pretty young socialite falls for a charming but shady hustler, who abandons her when he finds that she has been disowned by her wealthy father. Three of the hustler's partners, who have also been left high and dry by heir former associate, come up with a plan to get her to the annual Yale-Harvard football game to reunite with her former sweetheart, an honest but nerdy bookworm.
La vida comienza a los cuarenta
Col. Joseph Abercrombie
Un periodista (Will Rogers) vence a un banquero y limpia el nombre de un joven (Richard Cromwell) acusado de robo.
McFadden´s Flats
Mr. Hall
Dan McFadden builds an apartment house in a working-class neighborhood on New York's East Side called "McFadden's Flats." At the same time, Dan and his wife Nora send their tomboyish daughter Molly to an expensive girls' school to teach her etiquette. Molly only agrees to go after her sweetheart, Sandy MacTavish, convinces her she should. When Dan is unable to complete the apartments because of a lack of money, Sandy's father Jock, a Scottish barber and Dan's best friend, secretly backs Dan's loan at the bank, even though Jock is known for his penny-pinching ways.
College Rhythm
John P. Stacey
The story deals with the college rivalry of a piccolo player and an All-American halfback on the football team who both love the same co-ed. After graduation they carry their their feud and collegiate ideas over into the department store business.
La viuda alegre
King Achmet
Sonia es una viuda, inmensamente rica, de Marshovia, pequeño país centro europeo del que controla la mitad de la riqueza. El país depende de que ella gaste su dinero en él, así que, cuando se traslada a París porque no logra encontrar marido, el rey envía al Conde Danilo a cortejarla y traerla de vuelta. Si no lo consigue, se le formará consejo de guerra.
Fuga apasionada
J. Thorval Jones
Una bailarina de cabaret presencia un asesinato y es obligada a esconderse de unos gángsters y disfrazarse de un estudiante de Princeton.
Atención, señoras
Joseph Flamberg
Anna Mirelle, la encargada del mantenimiento de un edificio de apartamentos en el centro de París, habla tanto por teléfono con Julian De Lussac, un atareado hombre de negocios, que acaba enamorándose de él. Gracias a sus habilidades técnicas, descubrirá un complot contra Julian del que solo ella puede salvarle.
La Garra del Gato
Jake Mayo
Harold Lloyd da vida a Ezekiel, el hijo de un misionero que ha vivido toda su vida en China, rodeado de buenos cuidados, e imbuido de la práctica religiosa y la sabiduría oriental. Pero cuando marcha a Estados Unidos, en busca de una buena chica con la que casarse, se encuentra una ciudad donde reinan la corrupción y las intrigas. Cuando llega, están a punto de celebrarse las elecciones a la alcaldía, perfectamente amañadas para que gane el de siempre. Pero, cuando el candidato, un hombre de paja, muere, creen que el ingenuo Ezekiel es el sustituto perfecto.
Elmer and Elsie
John Kincaid
A milquetoast trucker is bullied by his domineering wife.
Many Happy Returns
Horatio Allen
El propietario de unos grandes almacenes paga a un pretendiente de su entrometida hija para que se la lleve.
Journal of a Crime
Chautard
A woman murders her husband's mistress and someone else gets accused of the crime.
Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen
MacCready
Miss Madeline Fane is a famous California screen star who has been devoted to her baby son Michael since her husband's death the previous year. One morning she awakens to find Michael has been kidnapped. After a day, she calls in the police, who instantly begin an all-out search.
Tillie and Gus
Captain Fogg
Tillie and Augustus Winterbottom are thought to be missionaries when they arrive to find Phineas Pratt trying cheat the Sheridans out of her father's inheritance, including a ferry franchise and a boat. The only way to keep the franchise is to win a race against Pratt's boat.
La juventud manda
Judge Maguire
Un grupo de jóvenes obliga bajo sus personales métodos a confesar su crimen a un gángster.
Turn Back the Clock
Pete Evans
While recuperating in a hospital after he's hit by an automobile, a struggling shopowner dreams what his life might have been like if he'd made different choices twenty years earlier.
Mama Loves Papa
Mr. Kirkwood
A woman's ceaseless badgering sends her husband on a drinking bender. Along the way, he makes a new female acquaintance.
El paso del ocaso
Judge
Un hombre vuelve a su pueblo en el lejano Oeste tras seis años fuera. El motivo de su marcha fue olvidar que mató a un hombre. Una vez llega al pueblo se encuentra que un hombre tiene atemorizada a la población, con el objetivo de hacer cumplir sus planes ganaderos.
Estaba escrito
Weston
Un peculiar western con elementos de comedia, lo protagoniza “Tonto” Daily (Stuart Erwin), que a pesar de su buena voluntad, no parece tener aptitudes de vaquero, incluso llega a poner en peligro la vida de la hija de su jefe conduciendo una carreta. Las cosas cambian cuando hereda una pequeña fortuna, y un par de colegas le animan a que invierta en su granja porcina.
A Lady's Profession
James Garfield
A couple of down-and-out British aristocrats buy an American roadhouse.
Hello, Everybody!
Mr. Blair
El escenario es una granja regentada por dos hermanas. Una compañía eléctrica quiere construir una presa, lo cual exigirá inundar muchas granjas, Si Kate vende, todo el mundo venderá, si Kate se niega, el resto de la ciudad se negará también. Randolph Scott se reúne con la bella hermana de Kate, Sally Blane, en un baile. Randolph Scott es un agente de la compañía eléctrica. Kate piensa que sólo quiere estar con Sally; Sally cree que él realmente le gusta. Randolph llega a la granja y parece atraer a Kate. Kate sigue sin estar convencida sobre la venta, pero se enamora de Randolph.
Casada por azar
Mr. Randall
Caballeros de buena posición económica son reclutados por Kay Everly para que participen en una partida de póker con Jerry Stewart, un jugador profesional. La partida está estrechamente vigilada por el detective Collins, pero no consigue pruebas que le permitan arrestarlos.
Evenings for Sale
Henrich Fischer
Impoverished Count von Dopenthal plans to commit suicide and spends his last night at a costume ball. There he meets lovely Lela Fischer and falls in love with her. A chance meeting with his former butler, brings a job offer as a gigolo.
Ondas musicales
Clapsaddle
Un cantante de la radio, Bing Hornsby, no se toma muy en serio su profesión, y una relación amorosa con Mona provoca su despido. Cuando da la impresión de que Hornsby concede excesiva atención a su novia Anita, el director de la emisora la compra, devuelve el trabajo a Hornsby y se marcha de luna de miel con Anita
The Phantom President
Boss Jim Ronkton
Too bad for presidential hopes of banker T.K. Blair; his party feels he has too little flair for savoir faire. But at a medicine show, the party bosses find Blair's double: huckster Doc Varney. Of course, they scheme to make Varney T.K.'s public spokesman; at first, he even fools Blair's girlfriend Felicia, providing a romantic complication. As election eve approaches, the conspirators face the problem of what to do with Varney...who has difficult decisions of his own to make.
Madame Racketeer
Warden George Waddell
International con artist Martha Hicks a.k.a. Countess von Claudwig is released from another stay in prison and decides to treat her rheumatism with a stay at her estranged husband's hotel at a Wisconsin spa. There undercover, she checks in on the two daughters she abandoned as infants.
Skyscraper Souls
Norton
Un empresario no permite que nada se interponga en su camino en la adquisición de un edificio de oficinas de 100 pisos.
Million Dollar Legs
Mr. Baldwin
A small country on the verge of bankruptcy is persuaded to enter the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics as a means of raising money.
The Strange Case of Clara Deane
Richard Ware
A young dress designer marries an insurance agent. They soon have a daughter, but what the wife doesn't know is that her husband is actually a criminal...
The Broken Wing
Luther Farley
In a little Mexican village by the American border. However powerful big shot Captain Innocencio (a misnomer indeed!)is, he proves unable to charm Lolita, the shapely daughter of his neighbor, a big-time rancher. Lolita expects better than this awkward unprepossessing showoff! Besides the fortune-teller she consults tells her her true love will get into her life after a terrible storm. This very night a violent storm does break out and an American pilot, whose plane is caught in it, is forced to make an emergency landing next to where she lives. The gringo - by the name of Phil Marvin - is both dashing and good-looking. Good news for Lolita but bad news for Innocencio who is not ready to bow that easily...
Una hora contigo
Police Commissioner
El doctor André Bertier y Colette, su esposa, viven felices hasta que Mitzi Olivier, una coqueta amiga del colegio de aquélla, les hace una visita. Mediante intrigas, Mitzi consigue quedarse a solas con André, fingiéndose enferma, e intenta seducirle, pero el marido de ella, el profesor Olivier, ha contratado a un detective para que recoja pruebas de las infidelidades de Mitzi.
Strangers in Love
Mr. Merrow
Fredric March essays a dual role in this story of a ne'er-do-well who impersonates his brother when the latter dies.
No One Man
Alfred Newbold
When the boyfriend of a rich, bored socialite dies from a weak heart, she finds herself attracted to the doctor who treated him, a hard-working idealist decidedly different from the usual spoiled society rich kids she is used to.
Touchdown!
Jerome Gehring
Football coach Dan Curtis is eager for his small college team to win at all costs.
Girls About Town
Mr. Webfield
Con un argumento parecido a 'Hollywood al desnudo', rodado un año después, dos señoritas llamadas Wanda y Marie llegan a la ciudad de Nueva York deseosas de convertirse en actrices.
24 Hours
Hector Champion
A nightclub singer is carrying on an affair with a married man. When she is found murdered, her lover is suspected of the crime.
El teniente seductor
King Adolf XV
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.
Tonto de remate
Senator Powell
Una rica heredera viaja a Europa en un transatlántico, perseguida por un obrero al que toman por un importante ingeniero de minas. Durante la travesía, se encargará de dos maleantes que intentan deshacerse de ella.
The Big Pond
Mr. Billings
A singing Frenchman meets an American heiress and gets a job at her father's chewing-gum factory.