Ray Mayer

Nascimento : 1901-04-24,

Morte : 1948-11-22

Filmes

Tied Hands
The film tells the story of a sensitive and complex relationship between a mother and her ailing son. Like in Hans Christian Anderson's fairy tale "The Loveliest Rose in the World" where a prince must search for a rose to save his mother, who is dying in bed, "Tied Hands" sees a reversal of roles as a desperate mother goes out to find marijuana, to ease her son's pain. In her, turbulent journey in the streets of Tel-Aviv, old truths from her past come back to life and threaten to break down a wall of denials behind which, she's been hiding all her life.
A Vida é um Jogo
Victor Christopher (Uncredited)
When he learns that a gangster has taken over his nightclub and murdered his partner, returning WWII hero Joe Miracle steals the money from the club's safe and hides in a settlement home, while the mob is on his tail.
Muro de Trevas
Tom Delaney
Após um homem perturbado confessar ter assassinado a esposa e ser internado em uma clínica, uma doutora tenta provar sua inocência.
Snafu
Detective
A 14-year-old boy lies about his age and enlists in the United State Marine Corps without his family's consent or knowledge. He is sent into battle in the Pacific war-zone, decorated, and spotted in a newsreel by his family. The family asks the War Department to discharge him and send him home.
Broadway Serenade
Mr. Woods (uncredited)
A married singer, pianist/composer team are struggling to hit it big in New York. Finally, they audition before a Broadway producer, but the producer only wants the singer, leaving the husband without a job and feeling a failure.
King of Chinatown
Potatoes
A Chinese-American surgeon faces a moral dilemma after operating on the mob boss in charge of vice and protection rackets in her city's Chinatown.
A Lei do Mais Forte
Piano Player (uncredited)
Trata-se de um acelerado e divertido western com James Cagney e Humphrey Bogart. Jim Kincaid (Cagney) é um pistoleiro notório que volta à sua cidade natal, Tulsa e descobre que seu pai foi linchado depois de ser acusado de um assassinato que não cometeu. Os verdadeiros culpados são Whip McCord (Bogart) e sua gangue. A melhor parte deste emocionante pacto de vingança é quando o personagem vivido por Cagney usa honky tonk piano e um par de pistolas para executar uma versão de "Eu não quero jogar no seu quintal."
Comet Over Broadway
Brogan
Story of a rising stage star and the trouble she causes by her ambition.
No Mundo da Lua
Musician
Don Vincente is determined to make a success of himself and his band. He gets his break by performing at the Garden of the Moon, which is broadcast over the radio. The problem is that John Quinn is the club's ruthless, scheming manager who will do anything to keep Vincente under his thumb. John's assistant, Toni Blake, falls for Vincente, complicating the escalating war.
Sua Excelência, O Chofer
Taxi Driver
A maluca matrona da sociedade Emily Kilbourne tem o hábito de contratar ex-presidiários e vagabundos como criados. Sua última descoberta é um belo 'vagabundo' que aparece na sua porta e logo acaba em um uniforme de motorista. Ele também chama a atenção da linda Geraldine. (e 12 - Estimado 12 Anos)
Prison Nurse
Jackpot
A state prison is threatened by approaching floods, an epidemic of typhoid fever breaks out among the inmates, the prison's only doctor falls sick, there are only three nurses to administer vaccines and take care of stricken patients--and a group of prisoners is planning to use the chaos as a cover for a mass escape.
Swing It, Sailor!
Husky Stone
Comical exploits of two Navy pals, at sea and on shore.
Hideaway
Eddie Baxter
A poor family receives unwanted houseguests when they're visited by gangsters looking for a place to hide out.
Meet the Missus
John White
A small town Ohio barber accompanies his ditzy wife to Atlantic City, where she competes in the Happy Noodle Company's Mrs. America Contest.
A Cruz dos Anos
Robert Cooper
Quando perde sua casa, um casal de idosos é obrigado a se separar temporariamente e se dividir nas casas de seus filhos.
Top of the Town
Roger
In this musical set in swingin' Manhattan, an heiress plans a ballet in the famous Moonbeam ballroom located atop a 100-story skyscraper. Unfortunately, the attending audience is quite bored until someone starts the place swinging. Musical numbers include: "Blame It on the Rhumba," "Where Are You?" "Jamboree," "Top of the Town," "I Feel That Foolish Feeling Coming On," "There's No Two Ways About It," "Fireman Save My Child"
Racing Lady
Warbler
A shrewd millionaire who owns races horses for publicity for his automobile business, claims ownership of a female horse trainer's thoroughbred in order to get the trainer.
We Who Are About to Die
Bright Boy Schultz
John Thompson is kidnapped by mobsters after quitting his job. Then he is arrested, tried, and sentenced to death for murders they committed. A suspicious detective thinks he is innocent and works to save his life.
M'Liss
Whitey
The third film version of the Bret Harte tale, starring Anne Shirley as a miner's daughter in a small town who falls for a handsome young schoolteacher.
The Last Outlaw
Henchman Joe
After serving 25 years in prison for robbery, Dean Payton returns to his home town to see his daughter, Sally, who is unaware he is her father. He befriends Cal Yates, the now semi-retired assistant sheriff who originally caught him, and Chuck Wilson, a young rancher who has eyes for Sally. Wanted criminal Al Goss holds up the local bank and makes his getaway, taking Sally hostage. Showing he still has what it takes, Payton, along with Yates and Wilson, take off into the hills on horseback to try to track Goss down. - Written by Doug Sederberg
Special Investigator
Dutch
A lawyer changes from defending public enemies to bringing them to justice after his brother is killed.
The Farmer in the Dell
Spike
An Iowa farmer's wife makes him move to Hollywood so their daughter can become a star.
Nas Águas da Esquadra
Dopey Williams
Quando a esquadra chega a São Francisco, o marinheiro Bake Baker tenta reacender a chama com sua antiga parceira, Sherry Martin, enquanto seu amigo Bilge Smith se interessa por Connie, irmã de Sherry. Mas nem tudo é um mar de rosas. Bake geralmente perde seus trabalhos para Sherry e, apesar dos sonhos de Connie, Bilge não está pronto para assumir um compromisso.
I Married a Doctor
Miles Bjornstam
City girl marries country doctor, meets prejudice and exclusion when she tries to befriend the townspeople.
Another Face
Story
The surgeon who did the job was dead. Only the nurse knew what this gangster looked like in his new face. He learned about women from her!
Seven Keys to Baldpate
Mr. Bland
A writer, looking for some peace and quiet in order to finish a novel, takes a room at the Baldpate Inn. However, peace and quiet are the last things he gets, as there are some very strange goings-on at the establishment.
To Beat the Band
McCrory
An eccentric heir must marry a widow in order to collect the millions left to him in his aunt's will, so a suicidal neighbor agrees to marry the man's young fiancée before offing himself.
His Family Tree
Bat Gilligan
A father leaves his native Ireland and travels to America to visit the son he hasn't heard from in many years.
Powdersmoke Range
Chan Bell
Three cowboys buy a ranch but have to fight off gunmen to keep it.
The Return Of Peter Grimm
Circus Clown
The ghost of a recently deceased family patriarch tries to help his surviving relatives, in part by preventing a marriage that he knows will go wrong.
Hot Tip
Tyler
An amateur handicapper must help his future son-in-law recoup the money he lost while playing the ponies.
The Arizonian
Henchman Frank McClosky
Clay Tallant comes to Silver City, Arizona in the 1880s and encounters wide-spread lawlessness and disorder, unscrupulous politicians, outlaws galore and brow-beaten citizens. He accepts the position of town marshal and, with his brother and a reformed outlaw , Tex Randolph, who comes over to his side, sets out to bring law-and-order where none exists. He also wins the hand of the singer appearing at the Opera House.
Village Tale
Gabby
The insidious typical talk of a small town makes a young man and the married woman he is in love very unhappy.
Break of Hearts
Song Promoter at Music Publisher (uncredited)
Constance, a poor but aspiring composer, meets the great conductor, Franz, through their old music teacher. They fall in love, despite Constance knowing about Franz's weakness for pretty women.
The Gay Bride
Photographer (uncredited)
Mary wants to marry a gangster because that is where the money is. Unfortunately, the life expectancy and finances of a gangster are unstable.
Jealousy
Hook
Larry O'Roark is a boxer who's insanely posssesive and jealous of his fiancee, Jo. the sight of her and her employer, Mr. Lambert, at ringside during his big fight distracts Larry and he is knocked out. He then promises never to be jealous again and marries Jo. When she realizes that they're broke she asks Lambert for a job (she had quit on marrying Larry.) One thing leads to another and Larry, enraged with jealousy, end up killing Lambert. He then wanders off in a daze, and Jo takes the rap for the murder. Larry descends from his amnesiac fog just in time to interrupt the announcement of the jury's verdict in Jo's trial. then it's off to the chair for Larry. Or is it?
Call It Luck
'Brainwave' Flynn
A London taxicab driver cashes in on a big sweepstakes ticket and becomes the prey of a confidence-gang that sells him a nag of a cavalry horse on the claim that it is a brother to a current Derby winner.
The Hell Cat
Evans
Reporter Dan Collins tries to expose a crooked gambling ring, but is waylaid by Geraldine Sloane, a feisty young heiress who feels Collins has insulted her. To get revenge , she disguises herself and gets a job at Collins' paper, where she manages to throw his crusade against the gamblers into disarray.
When East Meets West
Himself
Comic cowboy piano player Ray Mayer and blonde singer Edith Evans perform "Henry's Made a Lady out of Lizzie," "It All Belongs to Me," "Sleep, Little One, Sleep" and "Side by Side."
The Cowboy and the Girl
Himself - Pianist and Singer
The scene is a parlor out West, with Ray Mayer sitting at the piano in is cowboy duds - hat, scarf, and chaps. He plays a little barrel-house music and then introduces Edith Evans, who enters wearing fur. She sings - her voice a light-opera soprano - while Mayer plays.