Roy Atwell

Roy Atwell

Nacimiento : 1878-05-02, Syracuse, New York, USA

Muerte : 1962-02-06

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Roy Atwell

Películas

Where There's Life
Salesman
El rey de un lejano país resulta gravemente herido después de un intento de asesinato. Su único heredero es un tímido profesional de la radio, que vive en Nueva York. Después de viajar a regañadientes a su país natal, se convierte en objetivo de la misma organización terrorista que atacó al rey.
Abie's Irish Rose
Dick Saunders
Cultures clash when a Jewish boy wants to marry an Irish girl.
Gentleman Joe Palooka
Senator Sam H. Smiley
In the second film of Monogram's Joe Palooka series, Joe is 'used', by two state senators scheming to obtain oil-rich lands, in a publicity campaign to get the land transferred to the state, supposedly for a park. When Joe learns that he has been used as a dupe he becomes disillusioned and leaves the prize=fighting profession. But, his manager, sparring partners, and fiancée manage to expose the land-grab scheme, clear Joe's name and discredit the crooked politicians.
People Are Funny
Mr. Pippensigal
A comedy based on NBC's "People Are Funny" radio (and later television) program with Art Linkletter with a fictional story of how the program came to be on a national network from its humble beginning at a Nevada radio station. Jack Haley is a producer with only half-rights to the program while Ozzie Nelson and Helen Walker are the radio writers and supply the romance. Rudy Vallee, always able to burlesque himself intentional and, quite often, unintentional, is the owner of the sought-after sponsoring company. Frances Langford, as herself, sings "I'm in the Mood for Love" while the Vagabonds quartet (billed 12th and last) chimes in on "Angeline" and "The Old Square Dance is Back Again."
Rivales por un beso
Arthur Sidney
El tímido marinero Casey Kirby se convierte de repente en un lobo de mar cuando es fotografiado al lado de una actriz famosa. Sus compañeros entonces hacen una apuesta, para ver si es capaz de conquistar a una fría cantante de night-club conocida como la Condesa.
Bridal Suite
Professor Kockerthaler
A carefree playboy with an aversion to marriage falls for a lass he meets in the French Alps.
Honolulu
Bearded Man on Ship
Movie star Brooks Mason tries to avoid his fans and spend some weeks on vacation. When Hawaiian plantage-owner George Smith is mistaken by Mason's fans for Mason and brought to Mason's home. They decide to change their identities for a few weeks. But George Smith is mobbed by Mason's fans again on a personal appearance tour in New York, Mason falls in love to dancer Dorothy March, who also is on her way to Hawaii. Problems for Mason arise due to the fact that Smith is engaged with Cecilia Grayson, and her wealthy father believes, that Smith has double-crossed him. Mason isn't able to establish a connection with Smith in New York due to his agent's orders.
Blancanieves y los siete enanitos
Doc (voice) (uncredited)
La malvada madrastra de la princesa Blancanieves decide deshacerse de ella porque no puede soportar que la belleza de la joven sea superior a la de ella. Sin embargo, Blancanieves consigue salvarse y se refugia en la cabaña de los siete enanitos. A pesar de todo, su cruel madrastra consigue encontrarla y la envenena con una manzana. Pero la princesa no está muerta, sólo dormida, a la espera de que un príncipe azul la rescate.
Behind the Mike
Vale
Complications ensue after a radio producer insults a sponsor.
Varsity Show
Professor Washburn
Winfield College students rebel against a stodgy professor who won't permit "swing" music be played in their varsity show. They appeal to a big Broadway alumnus and have him direct their show. What they don't know is that this "star's" last three shows were flops.
Echo Mountain
Julius Vandergulder
Echo Mountain (1936) is a color musical short where they sing their songs in a mountains setting.
The Harvester
Jake Eben
In a small town in Indiana in the 1890s, the domineering and ambitious Mrs. Biddle arranges a marriage between her spoiled daughter Thelma and the town's prize catch, harvester David Langston, who is wedded to the soil. David is friends with orphan Ruth Jameson and, although she is in love with him, he eventually gives in to the machinations of Mrs. Biddle and consents to marry Thelma. Meanwhile, technological advances come to town, including its first gasoline buggy, galvanic battery, and metal bathtub fitted with running water. When Mrs. Biddle tries to convince David to give up the farming life and join her husband in real estate, Mr. Biddle, hen-pecked and dissatisfied with city life, warns David against selling his farm.
Rambling 'Round Radio Row #10
Himself
The newspaper "The Morning After Associated with The Night Before" has not much to print except for its radio news. Here, some of the articles come to life, like the ones about Baby Rose Marie, Frank Novak, Jr., Roy Atwell, Tito Guizar, Harriet Lee, and Morton Downey.
Souls for Sale
Arthur Tirrey - Casting Director
A young woman hits Hollywood, determined to become a star.
The Heart Specialist
Winston Gates
Because he believes that romance is dead, the city editor wants to can the "advice to the lovelorn" column. Rosalie Beckwith, the column's author, naturally disagrees with him. The editor suggests that she prove him wrong by seeing if she can find romance within a 40-mile radius of the city.
Grand Larceny
Harkness Boyd
Directed by Wallace Worsley.
Red Hot Romance
Jim Conwell
After his father's death, Roland Stone learns that his will stipulates that he must go to the South American country of Bunkonia and sell life insurance.
Here Comes the Bride
Theatre Play
A young man with little means wants to marry a rich girl, and thinks up a scheme to get rich.