Robert Usher

Filmes

Vendetta
Art Direction
The daughter of a slain man pushes her brother toward vengeance in 19th-century Corsica.
The Sin of Harold Diddlebock
Art Direction
Twenty-three years after scoring the winning touchdown for his college football team mild-mannered Harold Diddlebock, who has been stuck in a dull, dead-end book-keeping job for years, is let go by his pompous boss, advertising tycoon J.E. Wagglebury, with nothing but a tiny pension. Harold, who never touches the stuff, takes a stiff drink with his new pal... and another, and another. What happened Wednesday?
A Senda do Temor
Art Direction
Chuck Scott gets a job as chauffeur to tough guy Eddie Roman; but Chuck's involvement with Eddie's fearful wife becomes a nightmare.
IRMÃOS EM ARMAS
Art Direction
Pouco antes de Pearl Harbor, o oportunista americano Jones e seu parceiro Johnny estão na China para vender petróleo ao exército japonês invasor. Cínico sobre os sofrimentos dos chineses, Jones encontra a professora compassiva Carolyn Grant enquanto viaja através do país para Xangai. Faíscas voam entre esses personagens de força de vontade, nem se mexendo nem um centímetro. Mas quando Jones testemunha uma atrocidade japonesa, seus sentimentos em relação a seus clientes (e Carolyn) começam a mudar ...
No Time for Love
Art Direction
Upper-class female reporter is (despite herself) attracted to hulking laborer digging a tunnel under the Hudson river.
Road to Morocco
Art Direction
Two carefree castaways on a desert shore find an Arabian Nights city, where they compete for the luscious Princess Shalmar.
Alma Torturada
Art Direction
Sadistic killer-for-hire Philip Raven becomes enraged when his latest job is paid off in marked bills. Vowing to track down his double-crossing boss, nightclub executive Gates, Raven sits beside Gates' lovely new employee, Ellen, on a train out of town. Although Ellen is engaged to marry the police lieutenant who's hunting down Raven, she decides to try and set the misguided hit man straight as he hides from the cops and plots his revenge.
Minha Loira Favorita
Art Direction
Larry Haines, a mediocre vaudeville entertainer, boards a train for Los Angeles. Aboard, he meets an attractive, blonde British agent carrying a coded message hidden in a brooch—and is being pursued by Nazi agents.
The Lady Has Plans
Art Direction
Some dastardly criminals have stolen some top secret plans and tattoo them on the back of a woman so she can sell them to the highest bidder in Lisbon. This woman plans to take the place of a 'Sidney Royce', a legitimate traveler going to Lisbon as a reporter. Crossed signals allows the real Sidney to reach Portugal first, where she is pursued by those trying to obtain the plans and US government agents trying to prevent the sale.
A Verdade Acima de Tudo
Art Direction
Gwen Saunders teams up with her uncle's employee, Steve Bennett, in an attempt to double her $10,000 investment in the family firm. If she can reach the $20,000 mark, her uncle T.T. Ralston will match the figure. Steve bets that if he can spend an entire day without telling a lie, Ralston and his business partners must double Gwen's money. Bennett then earns the enmity of everyone involved in his attempt to win the bet.
A Porta de Ouro
Art Direction
Romanian-French gigolo Georges Iscovescu wishes to enter the USA. Stopped in Mexico by the quota system, he decides to marry an American, then desert her and join his old partner Anita, who's done likewise. But after sweeping teacher Emmy Brown off her feet, he finds her so sweet that love and jealousy endanger his plans.
A Tentação de Zanzibar
Art Direction
Encalhados na África, Chuck e seu amigo Fearless (Sem Medo) vivem versões cômicas de aventuras na selva, com duas atraentes vigaristas. Chuck e seu amigo Fearless fogem de um carnaval sul-africano quando seu show causa um incêndio. Depois de várias escapadas semelhantes, eles finalmente economizaram o suficiente para voltar aos EUA, quando Chuck gasta tudo em uma mina de diamantes 'perdida'. Mas isso é apenas o começo; Em pouco tempo, uma dupla de mulheres atraentes enganam nossos heróis para financiar um safári cômico, com inúmeras aventuras burlescas na selva. (e Livre - Estimado Livre)
Victory
Art Direction
A hermit's idyllic life on an island is disturbed by the arrival of a bunch of cutthroats.
The Mad Doctor
Art Direction
A reporter sleuths the mystery behind an oft-married Viennese doctor whose wives met mysterious fates.
Levanta-te, Meu Amor
Art Direction
Claudette Colbert faz o papel de uma jornalista americana baseada em Paris que envia para seu jornal notícias sobre a Guerra Civil Espanhola e se envolve com um aviador aventureiro que luta do lado dos republicanos (o papel de Ray Milland).
Those Were the Days!
Art Direction
At a family gathering, an elderly man reflects on the follies of his youth during his freshman year at college.
O Castelo Sinistro
Art Direction
After intrepid working girl Mary Carter becomes the new owner of a reputedly haunted mansion located on Black Island near the Cuban coast, a stranger phones warning her to stay away from the castle. Undaunted, Mary sets sail for Cuba with a stowaway in her trunk—wise-cracking Larry Lawrence, a radio announcer who helps Mary get to the bottom of the voodoo magic, zombies and ghosts that supposedly curse the spooky estate.
A Dama dos Diamantes
Art Direction
Um piloto do governo (George Brent) se apaixona por uma mulher (Isa Miranda) que ajuda seu parceiro (John Loder) a contrabandear diamantes da África do Sul.
O Gato e o Canário
Art Direction
Parentes de um milionário excêntrico reúnem-se em sua mansão assustadora no 20º aniversário da sua morte para a leitura de seu testamento.
The Star Maker
Art Direction
This is a film about the life of Gus Edwards, a well known vaudeville composer, entertainer, and producer.
Man About Town
Art Direction
Producer Bob Temple, who's brought an American show to London, loves his star Diana, but she won't take him seriously as a lover. To show her, he picks up stranger Lady Arlington, whose financier husband neglects her. On a weekend at the Arlington country house, Bob is used by both Lady A. and her friend to make their husbands jealous; this works all too well, and Bob is in danger from both husbands.
Meia-Noite
Art Direction
An unemployed showgirl poses as Hungarian royalty to infiltrate Parisian society.
Zaza
Art Direction
A seductive music hall star falls in love with a married aristocrat.
Ride a Crooked Mile
Art Direction
The son of a cattle-rustling Cossack immigrant must choose between following the straight path and helping his father escape from prison.
A Oitava Esposa de Barba Azul
Art Direction
American multi-millionaire Michael Brandon marries his eighth wife, Nicole, the daughter of a broken French Marquis. But she doesn't want to be only a number in the row of his ex-wives and starts her own strategy to tame him.
True Confession
Art Direction
A writer takes a job as a secretary because her scrupulous husband isn't bringing in the dough as an attorney. When her new employer is murdered, she can't seem to make up her mind as to whether she "dunnit" or not.
Anjo
Art Direction
Uma mulher e seu marido tiram férias separadas e ela se apaixona por outro homem.
Artistas e Modelos
Art Direction
Mac Brewster (Benny) é o chefe de uma empresa de publicidade que está em dívida. O contrato de um milhão de dólares da Townsend Silver poderia salvar a empresa, mas o rico playboy Alan Townsend (Arlen) quer um amador da alta sociedade em vez de um modelo profissional para se tornar "a garota da cidade". Incomodada por ter sido superada como profissional, a top model de Brewster (Lupino) vai para Miami com planos de entrar em Townsend e passar como debutante da sociedade.
The Jungle Princess
Art Direction
Christopher Powell is in Malaysia with his fiancée and her father, capturing wild animals. While out hunting, he is attacked by a tiger, and his native guides run away, leaving him for dead. But the tiger is the pet of Ulah, a beautiful young woman who grew up by herself in the jungle. She rescues Chris and takes him back to her cave, where she nurses him to health and falls in love with him. When he eventually returns to camp, she follows. The fiancée is jealous, and the natives don't like Ulah or her pet tiger either, all of which leads to a lot of trouble.
The Big Broadcast of 1937
Art Direction
A cream-of-the-crop gathering of 1930's radio stars, who lend themselves to a storyline about a failing radio station which needs to put on a huge ratings winner to have any chance of continued operation. An interesting mixture of the stars whose fame continued to grow, those who became bit players in show business history, and those who have been forgotten entirely, except at the Internet Movie Database of course!
Desejo
Art Direction
Madeleine steals a string of pearls in Paris and uses US engineer Tom, who is driving on his vacation to Spain, to get the pearls out of France. But getting the pearls back from him proves to be difficult without falling in love.
The Bride Comes Home
Art Direction
A penniless socialite is hired by two young men as a front in their plan to start a magazine. Soon, however, they find themselves more interested in her than in their publishing venture.
O Sonho Eterno
Art Direction
O arquiteto Peter Ibbetson é contratado pelo Duque de Towers para um trabalho de restauração em sua propriedade. Quando chega, descobre que a Duquesa Mary é, na verdade, a sua namoradinha de infância. A velha chama é reacesa e o duque, com ciúmes, tenta atirar em Peter, porém é morto por este. Peter recebe a pena de prisão perpétua e começa a se comunicar com Mary através dos sonhos de ambos.
The Big Broadcast of 1936
Art Direction
The wisp of a storyline involves two-bit radio station owner Spud Miller, who doubles as the station's sole announcer while his comic partner Smiley serves as the house crooner. On the verge of bankruptcy, Spud is receptive to the wacky notions of George and Gracie, who've just invented a television device which can pick up and transmit any signal, any time, anywhere.
Senhora da Alta Roda
Art Direction
Cleo Borden grew up in a saloon, loves the men—and the men love her—but her aspirations lead her to enter into a contract to marry a wealthy man. When he dies and leaves her all of his fortune, she soon learns that although she has money, she is not yet a lady, so she embarks on a journey to become one. She has no desire to change herself, but the man she sets her sights on does—so she obliges.
Agora e Sempre
Art Direction
Young freewheeling wanderer Jerry Day and his beautiful wife Toni are at odds over their lifestyle. Jerry can't accept responsibility but Toni yearns for a family and a settled life. Then the Days 'rediscover' Jerry's young daughter Pennie, who has been living with his rich deceased wife's family. Pennie appears to be just what Jerry needs to mend his swindling ways and lead a straight life. Despite the responsibility of his new family, Jerry is swayed by the corruptible influence of jewelry thief Felix Evans. When Evans lures Jerry into a job, it puts the continuation of his new family life at risk.
Shoot the Works
Art Direction
Jack Oakie stars as seedy sideshow barker Nicky, who uses everyone he meets to get ahead. Nicky isn't even above exploiting his singing sweetheart Lily (Dorothy Dell) to suit his purposes, but this time it is he who ends up the loser -- at least until he gets wise to himself.
Uma Loura Para Três
Art Direction
Nova Iorque, anos 1890. Lady Lou trabalha como cantora no clube noturno de Gus Jordan, que a cobre de diamantes para que ela permaneça a seu lado. O que Lou não sabe é que Gus está envolvido com prostituição e dinheiro falso, no que é ajudado por Rita Russa e seu namorado Serge. Gus até fornece mulheres para uma rede de batedoras de carteiras. Dan Flynn, desafeto de Gus, vive tentando inutilmente abrir os olhos de Lou. Perto dali fica fica o escritório central de uma espécie de Exército da Salvação. Quem trabalha lá é o Capitão Cummings, na verdade um agente federal disfarçado à procura de provas contra as atividades ilegais de Gus. Cummings quer reformar Lou, que se apaixona por ele. Enquanto isso, foge da prisão Chick Clark, ex-amante de Lou, denunciado por Dan Flynn por roubo de joias. Chick ainda ama Lou e vai procurá-la no clube. Acontece um tiroteio, com mortes. O Capitão Cummings intervém, revela sua verdadeira identidade e coloca as coisas nos devidos lugares.