Joseph Calleia
Nascimento : 1897-08-04, Saqqajja Square, Rabat, Malta
Morte : 1975-10-31
História
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Joseph Calleia (August 4, 1897 – October 31, 1975), was a Maltese born American singer, composer, and actor, both on Broadway and in film. Calleia played opposite some Hollywood greats, including John Wayne, William Holden, Errol Flynn, Rita Hayworth, Mae West, Bette Davis, Jane Russell, Mario Lanza, Charlton Heston, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, Orson Welles, Tyrone Power, Alan Ladd and Anthony Quinn.
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Self (archive footage)
Documentary about James Stewart's long career as an actor and positive personal life.
Juan Seguin
Em 1836, o general Santa Anna (Ruben Padilla) e o exército mexicano estão varrendo o Texas. Para poder detê-lo, o general Sam Huston (Richard Boone) precisa de tempo para criar uma resistência. Tentando obter este tempo, ele ordena que o coronel William Travis (Laurence Harvey) defenda uma pequena missão a todo custo na rota dos mexicanos. A pequena tropa de Travis recebe o reforço de grupos que acompanham Jim Bowie (Richard Widmark) e Davy Crockett (John Wayne), mas a situação se torna desesperadora. Travis deixa claro que não haverá vergonha se eles partirem enquanto podem, mas cento e oitenta e dois homens decidem fazer uma resistência heróica no forte Álamo.
Sr. Estrada
After getting out of prison, a Latino criminal tries to go straight.
Chief Cuyloga
No ano de 1764, a América ainda é uma colônia britânica. O coronel Henry Bouquet, comandante do exército dos casacos vermelhos, desce o estado de Ohio com sua tropa de 1500 homens para se dirigir ao forte Pitt, durante da guerra do Pontiac (1763-1766), numa tentativa de acordo de paz com os chefes dos índios moicanos Delaware. Por este tratado, todos os homens brancos e mulheres capturados pelos índios e vivendo em cativeiro, deverão ser devolvidos a suas famílias de origem.
Police Sergeant Pete Menzies
Quando um carro-bomba explode no lado norte-americano da fronteira entre os EUA e o México, Miguel Vargas, o agente antidrogas mexicano, inicia sua investigação, junto com o capitão da polícia americana Hank Quinlan. Quando Vargas começa a suspeitar que Quinlan e seu parceiro obscuro, Menzies, estão plantando provas para enquadrar um homem inocente, suas investigações sobre sua possível corrupção rapidamente colocaram em risco a si e sua nova esposa, Susie.
Alberto
A widowed Nevada rancher goes to Italy and marries the sister of his deceased wife and brings her back to the ranch, but his haunting memories of his lost love and her tendency to drift away to other men cause the two to have a tough time at keeping a marriage together.
Marcatello
Um jovem trabalhador do campo sonha ser cantor de ópera. Ao cantar em um restaurante, ele é descoberto por uma socialite por quem se apaixona e que lança sua carreira. Ao ser abandonado por ela, ele vai para o México e se apaixona por outra mulher.
Papa Theodore
Stephen Torino (Wilde), who is tricked by his brother Marco (Adler) into an arranged marriage with tempestuous Annie Caldash (Russell). Annie is willing to give the union a go, but Torino wants none of it.
Padre
O pequeno Pablito é o filho de dez anos de idade de uma malvada treinadora de cavalos. Ela é responsável por ensinar o cavalo de um general mexicado a pular para uma corrida. Os métodos da treinadora fazem o cavalo ficar com medo de pular e o general ordena a morte do animal. Pablito foge com o cavalo, tornando-se um foragido. Ele viaja pelo México encontrando vários outros foragidos e um padre que tenta ajudá-lo.
Pablo Morales
In 1915, an American adventurer joins the supporters of Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa.
Rico Herrera
Two scuba divers find a shipwreck which may contain undiscovered treasure, however, their attempt to salvage it is threatened by scavengers.
Papa Anthony
Embora fosse filho de um hábil jogador, Harvey Miller (Jerry Lewis) sempre se sentiu muito nervoso em competir. Por isso ele preferiu se tornar técnico e caddy de Joe Anthony (Dean Martin), que precisa convencer o pai pescador que bater numa bola e encaçapá-la no buraco pode ser mais lucrativo. Mas quando os dois estão disputando o torneio, suas habilidades cômicas tão naturais chamam a atenção de um empresário. É meio caminho andado para o nascimento de dois astros.
Juan Moreno
Neste filme biográfico, Jim Bowie vai para Nova Orleans, onde se apaixona por Judalon e torna-se amigo de seu irmão, Narcisse. Logo, Jim é forçado a vingar o assassinato de Narcisse, mas Judalon pega outro homem. Jim acaba tendo outro interlúdio romântico com Judalon e é forçado a matar um de seus pretendentes em legítima defesa. Jim deixa a cidade e se apaixona pela filha de um político do Texas, mas seu envolvimento com Judalon continua a atormentá-lo.
Count Domingo Del Prado
A United States Navy ship in the first half of the 19th century, under the command of Captain David Porter, is expecting to put ashore after a year on the seas; but the arrival of one of Porter's ex-students, the willful and independent Lieutenant David Farragut, brings a new mission: to disguise the ship and crew as a pirate ship and help the Navy locate the criminals who have been robbing America's merchant fleet. But as Farragut's disobedience threatens the safety of the crew, they stumble upon an international conspiracy.
Aggiunto Bodulli
An American fugitive flees to Rome and tries to elude capture by masquerading as a priest.
Lt. Massiro
An art thief tries to double cross his gangster boss.
Luigi Verducci
Italian immigrant Rudolph Valentino makes it big in silent Hollywood, but he ends up struggling between his career and the woman he loves.
Mayor Guido Barracini
The daughter of a slain man pushes her brother toward vengeance in 19th-century Corsica.
Rubriz
O pistoleiro Choya (Alan Ladd) deixa-se convencer, por um par de vigaristas, a se passar pelo herdeiro de um rico rancheiro, cujo verdadeiro filho foi raptado, ainda criança, e criado por bandidos nas montanhas. Mas, rapidamente, Choya se arrepende e parte, então, em busca do filho desaparecido.
Miguel
A young man helps a pretty girl search for her stolen horse. (A society boy tries to help a beautiful woman save her horse-breeding farm.)
Dr. Lunati
Near the end of World War II, a secret American raid on an enemy transportation hub goes very wrong when a turncoat warns the enemy. Led by Capt. Webster Carey (Alan Ladd), the mission causes the deaths of many bystanders -- among them, Carey believes, his Italian girlfriend, Giulia de Graffi (Wanda Hendrix). Back home, Carey stumbles across evidence that might uncover the identity of the informant. But, when he returns to Italy to get even, Carey is stunned by what he finds.
Sugiani
Set in post Second World War Britain, Noose is the story of black market racketeers who face attempts to bring them to justice by an American fashion journalist, her ex-army fiancée and a gang of honest toughs from a local gym. When a corpse turns up at black market front The Blue Moon Club, Yank reporter Carole Landis starts snooping, much to gang boss Joseph Calleia’s annoyance. And soon there’s a hit man on the way...
Monte Marquez
Cowboy Ross McEwen arrives in town. He asks the banker for a loan of $2000. When the banker asks about securing a loan that large, McEwen shows him his six-gun collateral. The banker hands over the money in exchange for an I.O.U., signed "Jefferson Davis". McEwen rides out of town and catches a train, but not before being bitten by a rattler. On the train, a nurse, Miss Hollister, tends to his wound. A posse searches the train, but McEwen manages to escape notice. However a mysterious Mexican has taken note of the cowboy, and that loudmouthed brat is still nosing around. Who will be the first to claim the reward for the robber's capture?
Nick Craig
Two window washers who are mistaken by Nick Craig, a bookie, as the messengers he sent for to pick up $50,000. Now the person he sent them to sent two of his men to get the money back but they found out about it. So they try to mail to Craig but a mix up has the money sent somewhere else and the woman who got it spent it. Now Craig needs the money to pay off one of his clients.
Nicholas Moryani
Um serial killer em Londres está assassinando jovens mulheres, que encontra através das colunas pessoais de jornais; ele anuncia cada um de seus crimes à polícia, enviando-lhes um poema enigmático. Depois de uma dançarina desaparecer, a polícia convoca uma amiga americana dela, Sandra Carpenter, para responder aos anúncios nas colunas pessoais e assim atrair o assassino.
Dr. Enrico Fermi
The research, development, and deployment of the first atomic bomb, as well as the bombing of Hiroshima, are detailed in this docudrama.
Det. Maurice Obregon
Na Argentina, Johnny Farrell é um jogador de dados que se vê numa situação de roubo e é salvo por Ballin Mundson, um proprietário de um casino. Johnny começa a trabalhar para Ballin como seu braço-direito. A situação muda com a chegada de Gilda, sua amante no passado e que recentemente se casou com Ballin.
Val Bartelli
A young Navy sailor has one night to find out why a woman was killed and he ended up with a bag of money after a drinking blackout.
Captain Pereira
A guerilla leader falls in love with a mysterious woman in World War II Lisbon.
Rodriguez
French soldiers (Jean-Pierre Aumont, Gene Kelly) surrender to lying Nazis and are herded into a barbaric prison camp.
El Sordo
Guerra Civil Espanhola, anos 30. O idealista Robert Jordan (Gary Cooper) se engaja no conflito para defender os princípios de liberdade e democracia. Numa missão de altíssimo risco, ele aguarda o melhor momento de explodir uma ponte de importância vital para as tropas inimigas. Neste cenário de idealismos e tensões quase insuportáveis, a mística Pilar, líder das forças da resistência civil, encoraja a bela e jovem Maria (Ingrid Bergman) a ajudar Robert em sua missão. Durante uma noite debaixo das estrelas, o medo da morte e a possibilidade do amor caminham lado a lado, em pleno horror da guerra.
Nick Varna
A crooked politician finds himself being accused of murder by a gangster from whom he refused help during a re-election campaign.
Buldeo
Adaptação da eterna aventura na floresta escreita por Rudyard Kipling. Estrelando Sabu, o jovem indiano que ganhou fama internacional como Mogli, um órfão criado por lobos e amigo de todos os animais selvagens. Quando Mogli volta para sua terra natal, já crescido, ele descobre os estranhos modos dos homens. Lá ele encontra Mahala, uma aldeã encantadora, que fica impressionada com seus amigos animais. Juntos, eles fazem uma viagem através da floresta, até encontrarem ruínas cheias de tesouros de uma civilização perdida.
Pallini
Englishmen fighting Nazis in Africa discover an exotic mystery woman living among the natives and enlist her aid in overcoming the Germans.
Deacon
After a young woman is coerced into prostitution and her brother framed for murder by an organized crime syndicate, retribution in the form of an ape visits the mobsters.
John Buckley
With the army after him and his partner deserting, Reb decides that a change of scenery would be nice so he heads for Wyoming with Dave.
Jeff Badger
While on her way by stagecoach to visit relatives out west, Flower Belle Lee is held up by a masked bandit who also takes the coach's shipment of gold. When he abducts Flower Belle and they arrive in town, Flower Belle is suspected of being in collusion with the bandit.
Father Loma
A Catholic priest must convince a man to step forward to save the wrong person from being sent to the electric chair.
Eddie Fuseli
Despite his talent as a musician, a city boy decides to become a boxer. He's successful as a fighter — much to the dismay of his parents. When gangsters try to by a piece of him, he begins to have second thoughts.
Vasquez
Twelve people are aboard Coast Air Line's flagship the Silver Queen enroute to South America when the airplane encounters a storm and is blown off course. Crashing into jungles known to be inhabited by head hunters, pilots Bill and Joe race against time to fix the engines and attempt a take off. The situation brings out the best and worst in the stranded dozen as they create a makeshift runway and prepare to escape before the natives attack. But damage to the plane and low fuel reserves means that only 5 people can be carried to safety.
Alejandro Uradi
The newly-named emperor Maximilian and his wife Carlota arrive in Mexico to face popular sentiment favoring Benito Juárez and democracy.
Stranger
When an escaped circus gorilla appears to have gone on a murderous rampage, a threatened attorney calls on the detective trio of Garrity, Harrigan and Mullivan to act as bodyguards. In short order, we discover that there is more to the attorney than meets the eye, and the ape may be innocent after all. When a pretty young heiress faces peril, it's up to our heroic trio to save the day.
Drouet
Maria Antonieta (Norma Shearer) é uma linda princesa austríaca com casamento marcado com o herdeiro do trono francês Luís Augusto (Robert Morley), casamento este arranjado por motivos políticos. Já no palácio francês, Maria encontra-se caída entre as intrigas da família real, principalmente entre o Rei Luís XV e seu maléfico primo, o Conde de Orleans (Joseph Schidkraut). Para alívio de Maria, Luís só poderia casar-se com ela caso ele se tornasse Rei. Certo dia, em um cassino, Maria conhece o Conde Axel de Fersen (Tyrone Power), e ambos se sentem atraídos imediatamente um pelo outro. Sentindo-se realizada com seu amante, Maria recebe uma notícia que não esperava tão logo, o Rei Luís XV havia morrido. Sabendo então que o Conde poderia manter um caso com a noiva do príncipe, mas não com a Rainha da França, Maria teria então que decidir entre seu coração e a realeza.
Inspector Slimane
Pepe Le Moko is a notorious thief, who escaped from France. Since his escape, Moko has become a resident and leader of the immense Casbah of Algiers. French officials arrive insisting on Pepe's capture are met with unfazed local detectives, led by Inspector Slimane, who are biding their time. Meanwhile, Pepe meets the beautiful Gaby, which arouses the jealousy of Ines.
Ben
A ruthless outlaw becomes very protective of a prizefighter when he learns the young man is his own son.
Jack Moreno
An Italian immigrant studying the law gets mixed up with crooks.
'Dancer'
Nick and Nora Charles investigate when Nora's cousin reports her disreputable husband is missing, and find themselves in a mystery involving the shady owners of a popular nightclub, a singer and her dark brother, the cousin's forsaken true love, and Nora's bombastic and controlling aunt.
Frank Penny
A young lawyer is determined to identify who is murdering members of a wealthy New York publishing family.
Joe Emerald
A law student poses as a fight promoter to catch a notorious gangster.
Fish-Eye
Epidemiologist Cliff Claybourne falls in love with Rita Wilson in a gambling house. They want to marry but Cliff's brother is convinced Rita is no good and forces Cliff to fulfill his agreement to do research in Africa in exchange for paying gambling debt. Rita, Cliff and brother are furious with each other, but Rita and Cliff are still in love.
Screenplay
In the 1840's Mexico has ceded California to the United States, making life nearly impossible for the Mexican population due to the influx of land and gold-crazy Americans. Farmer Joaquin Murrieta revenges the death of his wife against the four Americans who killed her and is branded an outlaw. The reward for his capture is increased as he subsequently kills the men who brutally murder his brother. Joining with bandit Three Fingered Jack, Murrieta raises an army of disaffected Mexicans and goes on a rampage against the Americans, finally forcing his erstwhile friend, Bill Warren, to lead a posse against him.
Joe Calerno
An unhappy child, accompanied by his dog, runs away from home and is befriended by a gangster on the lam.
Ace Acello
A reporter and his newspaper's attorney try to gather evidence that will put a notorious gangster behind bars.
Nick
Fisherman Dutch marries cannery worker Hattie. After he is kicked out of his union and fired from his job he leaves Hattie who steals money for him and goes to jail. He gets a new job, foils a plot to dynamite the ship, and promises to wait for Hattie.
Sonny 'Dinkie' Black
G-Man Jeff Crane poses as a crook to infiltrate the notorious Purple Gang, a band of hoodlums which preys upon other hoodlums. Orchestrating the jailbreak of the gang's leader, Crane joins him in a Dillinger-like flight across the country.
Stephen Arnaud
Assigned to investigate a lawyer's murder, a detective finds that his chief suspect is his own secretary--who is also the woman he loves.
The Agent
Tough Caribbean freighter Captain Sam Whelan engages Sally Clark, a tramp masquerading as a missionary's daughter, to care for an abandoned baby on board his ship. En route to New York, ships mate Gatson sexually attacks her. The Captain knocks Gatson overboard in an ensuing scuffle. A romance developing between the Captain and Miss Clark is put to the test in New York after an assault investigation uncovers the girl's questionable past.
Juan
A prostitute living in Panama shoots her pimp and is charged with murder. The lawyer who gets her off fronts her money to start a new life in NY where she becomes a successful business woman and meets wealthy businessman, Harry Davenport. He knows nothing of her past. Then someone from the past shows up. Will she be exposed? Will she follow through on her plan to marry?