Albert Akst

Nascimento : 1899-08-31, Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA

Morte : 1958-04-19

Filmes

Marcado Pela Sarjeta
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The story of boxer Rocky Graziano's rise from juvenile delinquent to world champ.
Meet Me in Las Vegas
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Chuck Rodwell is a gambling cowboy who discovers that he's lucky at the roulette wheel if he holds hands with dancer Marie. However, Marie doesn't like to hold hands with him, at least not in the beginning...
A Fúria dos Justos
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A história de um julgamento de assassinato onde um menino mexicano é acusado da morte de uma menina caucasiana.
O Tesouro de Barba Rubra
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John Mohune, um menino de dez anos, é deixado pela mãe moribunda aos cuidados do mulherengo Jeremy Fox, chefe de um bando de contrabandistas. Juntos, eles vivem várias aventuras na caça a um tesouro.
A Lenda dos Beijos Perdidos
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Dois americanos em uma viagem de caça pela Escócia se perdem. Acabam chegando numa pequena aldeia, que não está no mapa, chamada Brigadoon, na qual as pessoas abrigam um segredo misterioso, e se comportam como se ainda estivessem vivendo duzentos anos no passado.
Se Eu Soubesse Amar
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Jenny Stewart is a tough Broadway musical star who doesn't take criticism from anyone. Yet there is one individual, Tye Graham, a blind pianist who may be able to break through her tough exterior.
A Roda da Fortuna
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Tony Hunter, famoso astro do cinema musical, teme que sua carreira esteja no fim, mas seus amigos Lester e Lily escrevem um pequeno show na Broadway para ajudá-lo. Tony fica entusiasmado, e até o diretor egoísta, Jeffrey Cordova, junta-se ao projeto e lança a bailarina Gaby Gerard como protagonista. A segunda chance de Tony parece estar desaparecendo, mas ele pode conseguir muito mais do que esperava.
Tu És Minha Paixão
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A famous opera singer falls for his sergeant's sister at boot camp.
Ver, Gostar e Amar
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In squeaky-clean New York at the turn of the century, playboy Charlie Hill falls so much in love that he can walk on air. The object of his affections is beautiful Angela Bonfils, a mission house worker in the Bowery. He promises to reform his dissolute life, even trying to do an honest day's work.
Amei e Errei
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Drummer Stanley Maxton moves to Los Angeles with dreams of opening his own club, but falls in with a gangster and a nightclub dancer and ends up accused of murder.
Núpcias Reais
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Tom (Fred Astaire) e Ellen Bowen (Jane Powell) são dois irmãos que apresentam um ato musical e de dança na cidade de NY. Quando sua temporada de shows se encerra, seu agente marca apresentações em Londres no período do Casamento Real. Eles embarcam em um cruzeiro para chegar à Inglaterra, onde a aparência de inocente de Ellen ( que na verdade é a versão feminina de Don Juan )encanta o Lorde John Brindale (Peter Lawford) e os dois acabam se envolvendo. O affair de Ellen e John faz com que ela perca ensaios com o irmão Tom, que percebe que a garota não leva a vida de dançarina tão a sério. Chegando a Londres, além de participar de diversas audições, Tom acaba conhecendo Ann (Sarah Churchill), por quem acaba se apaixonando.Agora os irmãos encontram-se completamente indecisos entre suas paixões e a vida de dançarinos.
Casa, Comida e Carinho
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Como favor a sua irmã Abigail, a fazendeira de Nova Inglaterra, Jane Falbury, permite que um grupo de atores use seu celeiro como teatro para sua peça. Em troca, o elenco e a equipe precisam ajudá-la nas tarefas da fazenda. Durante os ensaios, Jane se vê apaixonada pelo diretor do programa, Joe Ross, que também se envolve com a atriz principal da peça, Abigail.
Tensão
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Warren Quimby manages a drugstore while trying to keep his volatile wife, Claire, happy. However, when Claire leaves him for a liquor store salesman, Warren can no longer bear it. He decides to assume a new identity in order to murder his wife's lover without leaving a trace. Along the way, his plans are complicated by an attractive neighbor, as well as a shocking discovery that opens up a new world of doubts and accusations.
Ciume, Sinal de Amor
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Josh e Dinah Barkley formam um casal de sucesso, especializado em comédias musicais. É verdade que eles têm lá suas desavenças, mas nada muito sério. Entretanto, quando um empresário cisma que Dinah pode ser uma grande atriz dramática -- e ela se deixa convencer --, a casa vem abaixo...
Desfile de Páscoa
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Um artista de nightclub contrata uma ingênua Menina do Coro para ser sua nova parceira de dança para deixar sua ex-parceira ciumenta e para provar que ele pode transformar qualquer parceira em uma estrela. Na véspera da Páscoa em 1911, Don Hewes é surpreendido quando sua parceira de dança (e também sua paixão) Nadine Hale se recusa a renovar o contrato com ele. Para provar que Nadine não é importante para ele, Don contrata uma ingênua Menina do Coro, Hannah Brown, prometendo fazer dela uma estrela a tempo para o desfile de Páscoa do próximo ano. Cheio de Melodia! Cheio de Amor!
Idílio Para Todos
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Danville, Connecticut at the turn of the century. Young Richard Miller lives in a middle-class neighborhood with his family. He is in love with the girl next-door, Muriel, but her father isn't too happy with their puppy-love, since Richard always share his revolutionary ideas with her.
Good News
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At fictitious Tait University in the Roaring '20s, co-ed and school librarian Connie Lane falls for football hero Tommy Marlowe. Unfortunately, he has his eye on gold-digging vamp Pat McClellan. Tommy's grades start to slip, which keeps him from playing in the big game. Connie eventually finds out Tommy really loves her and devises a plan to win him back and to get him back on the field.
As Garçonetes de Harvey
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Ao desembarcar no Novo México, Susan Bradley descobre que seu futuro marido é o bêbado da cidade. Ao invés de sentar e chorar, ela arranja um emprego no restaurante Harvey House, um estabelecimento empenhado em levar um pouco de civilidade e classe àquele fim de mundo. As atividades de Harvey encontram a oposição de Ned Trent, dono do saloon, de Sam Purvis, um juiz corrupto, e de Em, dançarina apaixonada por Ned. Com o auxílio do inexperiente Chris Maule, Susan e demais colegas de trabalho lutam para frustrar os planos dos escroques.
Ziegfeld Follies
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O falecido grande empresário Florenz Ziegfeld olha dos céus e ordena um novo espetáculo em seu antigo grande estilo. No céu, Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. showman carinhosamente recorda seu primeiro musical da Broadway, o Ziegfeld Follies de 1907. Mesmo do céu, ele acha que pode, por uma última vez, criar essa mesma magia com a montagem de uma de suas últimas loucuras. Assim como ele pensa sobre quem ele gostaria de aparecer nessas loucuras, ele é auxiliado na realização de sua fantasia, pelo menos em sua própria mente, por luminares como Fred Astaire, Edward Arnold, "Lucille Ball ', Marion Bell, Lucille Bremer, Fanny Brice, Cyd Charisse, Judy Garland, Kathryn Grayson, Lena Horne, Gene Kelly, James Melton, Victor Moore, Virginia O'Brien, Red Skelton, Esther Williams, Keenan Wynn, e, é claro, um bando de garotas bonitas.
Agora Seremos Felizes
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No ano que antecedeu a Feira Mundial de St. Louis de 1904, as quatro filhas dos Smith aprendem lições de vida e amor, mesmo que se preparem para uma mudança relutante para Nova York. Agora Seremos Felizes é muito mais que um musical. É a encantadora história de uma família na virada do século, repleta de magias e recordações. Judy Garland é Esther Smith, uma garota da agitada cidade de St. Louis que, junto com sua família, tem que se mudar para Nova York. Como se não bastasse deixar todos os seus amigos para trás, ela ainda irá perder a sensacional Feira Mundial de St. Louis de 1904. Esther precisa fazer alguma coisa para evitar essa tragédia!
Broadway Rhythm
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Broadway producer Johnny Demming is only interested in big-name talent and scoffs that his sister, father and other small-time talent could be used in a successful show.
Louco Por Saias
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Rich kid Danny Churchill has a taste for wine, women and song, but not for higher education. So his father ships him to an all-male college out West where there's not supposed to be a female for miles. But before Danny arrives, he spies a pair of legs extending out from under a stalled roadster. They belong to the Dean's granddaughter, Ginger Gray, who is more interested in keeping the financially strapped college open than falling for Danny's romantic line. At least at first...
Heavenly Music
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Bandleader/singer/songwriter Ted Barry arrives to heaven. The receptionist tells him that before he can take his place in the Hall of Music, a committee must review his work and decide whether he is worthy of admittance.
Presenting Lily Mars
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Starstruck Indiana small-town girl Lily is pestering theatrical producer John Thornway for a role but he is reluctant.
Belezas Entre Feras
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Ma Galestrum (Connie Gilchrist) is a boardinghouse owner whose tenants are a group of aspiring boxers. When her young niece, Judy (Jean Rogers), comes to stay for a visit, college dropout Ken Burke (William Lundigan) and Swedish janitor Ole (Dan Dailey Jr.) immediately fall for her charms. Ken considers going back to college for Judy, but his fight promoter is less than thrilled with this idea. Meanwhile, Ole is determined to meet Ken in the ring to vie for Judy's heart.
Johnny Eager
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A charming racketeer seduces the DA's stepdaughter for revenge, then falls in love.
The Feminine Touch
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A college professor who believes there's no place for jealousy in modern marriage, John Hathaway (Don Ameche) moves with his wife, Julie (Rosalind Russell), to New York where he plans to publish a book on the subject. Meeting with publisher Elliott Morgan (Van Heflin), who falls head over heels for Julie, John is assigned to his assistant Nellie (Kay Francis), who only has eyes for her boss. Working closely with Nellie, who Julie thinks is after her husband, John continues his high-minded ways while his angry spouse schemes to make him so jealous he'll knock Elliott's block clean off.
Sucker List
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In this MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short, a man and his racketeer buddies devise a scheme to bilk those already seemingly desperate for money of what little they have.
Forbidden Passage
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This MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short looks at the U.S. Department of Immigration's efforts to halt the smuggling of illegal aliens into the country. Desperate immigrants, tired of waiting for legal entry, pay exorbitant fees and risk a grisly death to enter by illegal means.
Waldo's Last Stand
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The gang offers to help their pal Waldo attract customers to his lemonade stand. Redecorating their clubhouse as a lavish nightclub, the kids stage an elaborate floor show, with Darla Hood as the star vocalist.
Soak the Old
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Part of MGM's "Crime Does Not Pay" series, this short film focuses on crimes revolving around pension scams.
A Way in the Wilderness
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This Passing Parade entry tells the story of Dr. Joseph Goldberger (1874-1929), a Hungarian immigrant who devoted his life to finding the cause of pellagra, a disease that killed hundreds of thousands in the southern United States. Although the medical community believed that the condition was caused by a virus, Goldberger proved that a healthy diet was the cure.
Jack Pot
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This entry in MGM's "Crime Does Not Pay" series deals with illegal gambling and bookmaking.
Drunk Driving
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In this Crime Does Not Pay series entry, John Jones is an up and coming businessman who drinks too much but denies he has a problem. One day he mixes drinking and driving, and the tragic consequences hit very close to home.
One Against the World
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This short film presents the story of Dr. Ephraim McDowell, who came under scrutiny for his pioneering of surgical practices.
Home Early
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A businessman goes home early to surprise his family and is treated with suspicion, mostly by his wife's bridge club.
O Corvo
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A brilliant but deranged neurosurgeon becomes obsessively fixated on a judge's daughter. With the help of an escaped criminal whose face he has surgically deformed, the mad man lures her, her father, and her fiancé to his isolated castle-like home, where he has created a torture chamber with the intent of torturing them for having 'tortured' him.
Princess O'Hara
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When King's beloved horse dies, Princess tries to purchase a new nag, and that's how she inadvertently gets her hands on a "stolen" race horse. Our heroine nearly ends up with a lengthy prison term before the story is resolved during the climactic Big Race.
A Notorious Gentleman
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A lawyer sets out to commit the perfect murder.
Flaming Guns
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A ranch manager falls in love with a banker's daughter, but after a quarrel with the girl's parents, flee across the border into Mexico.