Alan Mowbray

Alan Mowbray

Рождение : 1896-08-18, London, England, UK

Смерть : 1969-03-25

История

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Alan Mowbray MM, (18 August 1896 - 25 March 1969), was an English stage and film actor who found success in Hollywood. Born Alfred Ernest Allen in London, England, he served with distinction the British Army in World War I, being awarded the Military Medal for bravery. He began as a stage actor, making his way to the United States where he appeared in Broadway plays and toured the country as part of a theater troupe. As Alan Mowbray, he made his motion picture debut in 1931, going on to a career primarily as a character actor in more than 140 films including the sterling butler role in the comedy Merrily We Live, and playing the title role in the TV series The Adventures of Colonel Flack. During World War II, he made a memorable appearance as the Devil in the Hal Roach propaganda comedy The Devil with Hitler. He appeared in some two dozen guest roles on various television series. Mowbray was a founding member of the Screen Actors Guild, with outside interests that led to membership in Britain's Royal Geographic Society. He played the title role in the television series Colonel Humphrey Flack, which first appeared in 1953-1954 and then was revived in 1958-1959. In the 1954-1955 television season Mowbray played Mr. Swift, the drama coach of the character Mickey Mulligan, in NBC's short-lived situation comedy The Mickey Rooney Show: Hey, Mulligan. Mowbray died of a heart attack in 1969 in Hollywood and was interred in the Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, California. Description above from the Wikipedia article Alan Mowbray, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Alan Mowbray

Фильмы

Going Hollywood: The '30s
(archive footage)
Robert Preston hosts this documentary that shows what people of the 1930s were watching as they were battling the Depression as well as eventually getting ready for another World War.
Вокруг Света за 80 дней
British Consul
Обогнуть земной шар всего за 80 дней? Смешно! Даже лучшие паровые корабли Ее Величества Виктории не смогут сделать это. Но точный и пунктуальный Филеас Фогг заявил, что сможет. А когда члены лондонского престижного Реформ-Клуба попросят Фогга подкрепить его похвальбу солидной денежной ставкой, мы отправимся в путешествие Вокруг света в 80 дней!
Король и я
Sir John Hay
История об английской учительнице, Анне Леоноуэнс, которая приезжает в Сиам 60-х годов XIX века, чтобы преподавать членам королевской семьи. Поначалу Анне приходится преодолевать упрямство монарха, но со временем и король, и Анна отказываются от попытки переделать друг друга и приходят к взаимопониманию.
Человек, который знал слишком много
Val Parnell
Доктор Бен и Джо МакКенна, простые, ничего не подозревающие туристы, едут провести отпуск в Марокко. Вместе с ними их сын Хэнк, они наслаждаются отпуском, когда встречают мистера и миссис Дрэйтон, супружескую пару из Англии, и подозрительного, но дружелюбного француза Луи Бернара. Позже, когда Бен и Джо ходят по базару, к ним подбегает араб с ножом в спине. Бен буквально подхватывает падающего араба и, к своему ужасу, узнает, что это переодетый Луи Бернар. Француз успевает прошептать что-то Бену, и тот оказывается втянутым в самый центр международного заговора, участники которого ставят своей целью покушение на высокопоставленную особу, остановить ход событий может только Бен. Хичкок сам появляется в фильме в эпизодической роли, как и его композитор, Бернард Херрманн.
Once Upon a Honeymoon
Gordon
Thanks to the collaboration between American Telephone and Telegraph (AT&T) and Angels from Heaven a song writing working on his latest musical can finally go on his delayed honeymoon. The Angel Chief sends down Wilbur the Angel along with a wireless phone, from the 1950s, to help Jeff's muse , his wife Mary, inspire Jeff to complete the needed song. This while at the same time displaying and utilizing the latest and greatest telephone equipment. This includes color phones to match every decor. Be sure to note the matching wall cords that connect the phone to the wall.
The King's Thief
Sir Gilbert Talbot
An ex-soldier turned highwayman uncovers a plot to take control of England from King Charles II.
The Steel Cage
Lee Filbert, segment "The Chef"
Drama set in San Quentin prison.
Social Lion
Narrator
The lion is trapped by the safari and brought to New York, where he's accidentally set free, but nobody is intimidated by him.
Ma and Pa Kettle at Home
Alphonsus Mannering
The Indians try to make a fire in the Kettles fireplace the old fashion way, the smoke signal way. Judges are a comin' to award a child with a scholarship. However, who ever has the nicest looking farm and raises their kids in a good enviroment has a chance of winning.
Пират Чёрная Борода
Noll
Легендарного пирата по прозвищу "Чёрная Борода" никак не могут поймать все объединённые силы правопорядка, он с лёгкостью ускользает от погонь, а потом с такой же лёгкостью проникает в нужные ему порты, невзирая на мощную заградительную артиллерию и огромные гарнизоны. И тогда против него решает на свой страх и риск начать спецоперацию молодой, сильный, но немного романтичный доктор медицины. Да-да, всего лишь какой-то доктор...
Androcles and the Lion
Editor of Gladiators
George Bernard Shaw’s breezy, delightful dramatization of this classic fable—about a Christian slave who pulls a thorn from a lion’s paw and is spared from death in the Colosseum as a result of his kind act—was written as a meditation on modern Christian values. Pascal’s final Shaw production is played broadly, with comic character actor Alan Young as the titular naïf. He’s ably supported by Jean Simmons, Victor Mature, Robert Newton, and Elsa Lanchester.
Just Across the Street
Davis
A plumber's secretary poses as the daughter of a prominent society couple.
Crosswinds
The Hon Cecil Daubrey
A sailor gets his boat stolen from him after he's set up for a crime.
The Lady and the Bandit
Lord Charles Willoughby
Highwayman Dick Turpin rides 200 miles to save his wife from the gallows in 18th-century England.
Большой куш
Leslie
Билл Лоуренс выигрывает множество призов в радиовикторине. Однако, счастье Билла недолговечно: он обнаруживает, что ему придется продать призы для того, чтобы заплатить налог на них.
Погонщик фургона
Dr. A. Locksley Hall
Два молодых проводника помогают мормонам провести караван их фургонов в долину Сан-Хуан. В пути их ждет множество сложностей, моральные дилеммы и столкновения с головорезами и индейцами.
Эбботт и Костелло встречают убийцу Бориса Карлоффа
Melton
В отеле, где работают Эбботт и Костелло, совершается убийство. Все улики указывают на Костелло, который решает провести собственное расследование и доказать властям свою невиновность.
The Lone Wolf and His Lady
Jamison
A newspaper man, and former jewel thief, is accused of gem theft.
You're My Everything
Joe Blanton
In 1924, stage-struck Boston blueblood Hannah Adams picks up musical star Tim O'Connor and takes him home for dinner. One thing leads to another, and when Tim's show rolls on to Chicago a new Mrs. O'Connor comes along as incompetent chorus girl. Hollywood beckons, and we follow the star careers of the O'Connor family in silents and talkies.
The Lovable Cheat
Justin
Posing as a wealthy Parisian, Mercadet fleeces friends and casual acquaintances alike. He is forced into this life of crime to keep up appearances, so that his daughter Julie can land herself a rich husband.
Каждая девушка должна выйти замуж
Mr. Spitzer
Молодая девушка вбила в свою миленькую головку, что хочет выйти замуж. Она настойчиво и самыми неожиданными средствами добивается, чтобы эта же мысль «родилась» и у её избранника, детского доктора и убеждённого холостяка.
My Dear Secretary
Deveny (Bryant Detective Agency)
A budding young writer thinks it's her lucky day when she is chosen to be the new secretary for Owen Waterbury, famous novelist. She is soon disppointed, however, when he turns out to be an erratic, immature playboy. Opposites attract, of course, but not without sub-plots that touch on competitiveness within marriage and responsibility.
An Innocent Affair
Ken St. Clair
Vincent Doane is in the precarious position of trying to close an advertising account with his rich ex-fiancée. Unfortunately she is more interested in him than in business. Vincent's wife Paula gets suspicious and finally decides to do some flirting of her own to make him jealous. Unknown to her, she chooses cigarette tychoon Claude Kimball. In fact, Kimball hits it off well with both of the Doanes. The question is whether or not their marriage can survive all the shenanigans.
The Prince Of Thieves
The Friar
After fighting in the Crusades alongside Richard I of England Sir Allan Claire is returning home to marry his betrothed Lady Christable. Accompanied by his sister Lady Marian Claire, the two are intercepted by Robin Hood and his band of Merrie Men. Recognising a friend of King Richard, Robin informs them that Lady Christabel is the be married to another against her well in the interest of politics and her father's fortune. The three team up to rescue the fair lady.
The Main Street Kid
The Great Martine
A young boy is struck by lightning, and discovers afterwards that he has the power of telepathy.
Капитан из Кастилии
Prof. Botello
История аристократа Педро Де Варгаса на фоне испанской инквизиции XVI века и экспедиции Кортеса в Мексику. Одна из величайших эпических лент американского кино. Аристократ Педро де Варгас спасает от преследования одного из рабов, чем навлекает на себя гнев инквизитора Диего де Сильва. Диего расправляется со всей семьей де Варгаса, который с помощью друзей успевает покинуть Испанию и перебраться в Новый Свет. В Америке он становится соратником Эрнандо Кортеса, экспедиционный корпус которого покоряет земли ацтеков. Вскоре сюда же из Испании приезжает Диего де Сильва, всюду ищущий еретиков...
Merton of the Movies
Frank Mulvaney
In 1915, Kansas theatre usher Merton Gill is a rabid silent-movie fan. When he brings Mammoth Studios free publicity by imitating star Lawrence Rupert's heroics, they bring him to Hollywood to generate another headline; he thinks he'll get a movie contract. Disillusioned, he haunts the casting offices, where he meets and is consoled by Phyllis Montague, bit player and stunt-woman. When Merton finally gets his "break," though, it's not quite what he envisioned.
Lured
Lyle Maxwell
Sandra Carpenter is a London-based dancer who is distraught to learn that her friend has disappeared. Soon after the disappearance, she's approached by Harley Temple, a police investigator who believes her friend has been murdered by a serial killer who uses personal ads to find his victims. Temple hatches a plan to catch the killer using Sandra as bait, and Sandra agrees to help.
The Pilgrim Lady
Clifford Latimer
Dennis Carter, the head of a detective agency, and his secretary, Henrietta Rankin, get involved in the murder of a scandal-peddling, blackmailing radio commentator, and evidence point toward Henrietta. Dennis sets out to clear her and also find the real culprits.
Моя дорогая Клементина
Granville Thorndyke
Уайтт Эрп со своими братьями перегоняет скот для продажи. Во время стоянки бандиты нападают на братьев и убивают младшего из них. Для того, чтобы отомстить, Уайтт устраивается шерифом в местный городок. На его сторону становится известный стрелок Джон «Док» Холлидэй.
Idea Girl
J. C. Crow
Larry Brewster, partner in the music publishing firm of Brewster and Crow, returns from a trip to find that his partner, J.C. Crow has hired Pat O'Rourke as a song plugger.
Шерлок Холмс: Ночной террор
Major Duncan-Bleek
Холмс нанят Роландом Карстэрсом, чтобы предотвратить воровство «Звезды Родезии», огромного алмаза, принадлежащего матери Карстэрса, Леди Маргарет. Догадываясь, что алмаз будет украден в поезде по пути от Лондона до Эдинбурга, Холмс ловко подменяет алмаз Леди Маргарет, в то время как заходил в ее купе. Вскоре после этого, Роланд был убит, а поддельный алмаз украден...
Sunbonnet Sue
Jonathan
Set in New York's Lower East Side during the Gay '90s, this lively low-budget musical follows the exploits of a feisty and talented saloon owner's daughter who loves nothing more than to perform in her father's tavern. Her late-night shenanigans appall her wealthy and socially conscious aunt who launches a secret campaign to shut down the bar and force her niece to reside in her palatial home.
Men in Her Diary
Douglas Crane
Singer/Dancer Peggy Ryan neither sings nor dances in this comedy in which she plays a secretary, whose life has no romance because she devotes all of her time to her attractive older sister. But she does keep a diary that contains some fact and many fictional entries. One such is read by the wife of her boss who promptly sues for a divorce. Virginia Grey stars in a musical produced by Hall and sings (possibly dubbed) "Makin' a Million" and "Keep Your Chin Up." No spoiler to add that Ryan gets a boyfriend and Hall and Allbritton are reunited before this one runs it course.
Tell It to a Star
Col. Ambrose Morgan
Carol (Ruth Terry), the cigarette girl at a swank Palm Springs hotel, dreams of singing in the establishment's nightclub. She gets a chance when her well-to-do uncle, "Colonel" Morgan (Alan Mowbray), and a pal blow into town ... until their visit turns out to be a con job. Carol's voice impresses the bandleader (Robert Livingston), but the hotel manager (Franklin Pangborn), still smarting from Morgan's chicanery, isn't ready to give her a chance.
Куда мы отсюда пойдём?
General George Washington
Bill wants to join the Army, but he's 4F so he asks a wizard to help him, but the wizard has slight problems with his history knowlege, so he sends Bill everywhere in history, but not to WWII.
The Phantom of 42nd Street
Cecil Moore
A theatre critic (Dave O'Brien) teams up with a cop (Jack Mulhall) to investigate the murder of a Broadway actor.
Earl Carroll Vanities
Grand Duke Paul
Broadway producer Earl Carroll was a Ziegfeld-like entrepreneur who staged lavish revues featuring attractive young ladies. Carroll's annual "Vanities" provided story material for three Hollywood films: Murder at the Vanities (34), A Night at Earl Carroll's (40) and Earl Carroll Vanities (45). This last film was produced by Republic Pictures, a bread-and-butter studio specializing in Westerns and serials; Republic had made musicals before, but few of them were expensive enough to allow for lavish production numbers. Earl Carroll Vanities is likewise rather threadbare, though some of the individual musical highlights aren't bad. The plot, such as it is, concerns financially strapped nightclub owner Eve Arden, who finagles Earl Carroll into staging one of his revues at her club.
Bring on the Girls
August
A millionaire joins the Navy hoping to find a girl who'll marry him for himself, not for his money. A beautiful gold-digger who works at a resort hotel sets out to get him.
My Gal Loves Music
Rodney Spoonyer
A sister act finds itself stranded and broke, and teams up with a medicine man who is promoting a child talent contest.
The Doughgirls
Breckinridge Drake
Arthur and Vivian are just married, but when the get to their honeymoon suite in Washington D.C., they find it occupied. Arthur goes to meet Slade, his new boss, and when he comes back, he finds three girls in his suite. He orders Vivian to get rid of them, but they are friends of Vivian's and as time goes by, it looks more like Grand Central Station than the quiet honeymoon suite Arthur expected. As long as there is anyone else in the suite, Arthur will not stay there and there will be no honeymoon.
Ever Since Venus
J. Webster Hackett
The American Beauty Association is about to hold its annual trade show in New York City and songwriter "Tiny" Lewis (Billy Gilbert) has just sold a song to Ina Ray Hutton ('Ina Ray Hutton'), the leader of an all-girl band headlining the show. Lewis shares an apartment with Bradley Miller ('Ross Hunter') and Michele (Fritz Feld), an artist, and Miller has just invented a non-staining lipstick called "Rosebud." Preparing to get a booth at the show, Miller is told by J. Webster Hackett (Alan Mowbray), a very devious "Cosmetics King,", intent on selling a big lipstick order to buyer Edgar Pomeroy (Thurston Hall), that it will cost him a $1000 to join the association and get a booth, which is about $999 more than Miller and his roomies have between them. But Miller's beauty-parlor girl friend, Janet Wilson ('Ann Savage'), meets factory-owner P. G. Grimble (Hugh Herbert), and money is soon no issue. (IMDb)
Сестра его дворецкого
Buzz Jenkins
Молодая, начинающая певица приезжает в гости к своему сводному брату в Нью-Йорк, и обнаруживает, что он работает дворецким у известного бродвейского композитора. Любовная интрига меняет ее жизнь и помогает сделать карьеру.
Holy Matrimony
Mr. Pennington
An artist returning from years abroad takes the identity of his dead valet and gets married, but then there are complications.
Stage Door Canteen
Alan Mowbray
A young soldier on a pass in New York City visits the famed Stage Door Canteen, where famous stars of the theater and films appear and host a recreational center for servicemen during the war. The soldier meets a pretty young hostess and they enjoy the many entertainers and a growing romance
Slightly Dangerous
English Gentleman
Small-town soda-jerk Peggy Evans quits her dead-end job and moves to New York where she invents a new identity.
The Powers Girl
John Robert Powers
Two small-town sisters who've come to New York City for very different reasons find themselves competing for the affections of a brash magazine photographer. Comedy.
The Devil with Hitler
Gesatan
Adolf Hitler, Benito and Suki Yaki are placed in a series of Three-Stooges routines, with the premise that the Board of Directors of Hell has put the Devil on notice they intend to replace him with Adolf Hitler unless he can get Hitler to commit a good deed. The devil has his work cut out for him, and doesn't appear likely to escape being replaced by the German leader.
Panama Hattie
Jay Jerkins, Dick's Butler
Sailors and spies mingle in between the acts at Hattie's nightclub in the Canal Zone.
Isle of Missing Men
Dr. Brown
A young woman receives an invitation from the Governor of an island prison to spend a week with him. She does so, but conceals the fact that her husband is being held as a convict on the island.
A Yank at Eton
Mr. Duncan
An American playboy is sent to a British boarding school to learn discipline.
The Mad Martindales
Hugo Martindale
A girl tries to pay the mortgage on a Nob Hill home and gets involved in selling her father's art treasures.
We Were Dancing
Grand Duke Basil
A penniless former princess weds an equally cash-strapped baron, so they support themselves by becoming houseguests at the homes of wealthy American socialites.
Yokel Boy
R.B. Harris - Movie Producer
A film company hires a gangster to mock himself holding up a bank, but he succeeds too well and makes off with the money. But all ends well.
Three Blonde Mice
Elmer Smith
To avoid getting a traffic ticket, Alan poses as an expectant father rushing to see his wife; when the cop follows him, hes forced to produce a wife and a child.
The Perfect Snob
Freddie Browning
When a small town veterinarian discovers that his just-graduated daughter is a gold-digging elitist, he devises a plan to help her rediscover old-fashioned family values. Director Ray McCarey's 1941 comedy stars Lynn Bari, Cornel Wilde, Charles Ruggles, Anthony Quinn, Charlotte Greenwood, Alan Mowbray and Chester Clute.
Ночной кошмар
Robin Ray
Промоутер Фрэнки Кристофер обвинен в убийстве модели Викки Линн, для которой он был покровителем некоторое время назад. В полицейском участке происходит допрос обвиняемого, во время которого он рассказывает двум инспекторам Эдду Корнеллу и Джерри МакДоналду как несколько месяцев назад он, поспорив со своими приятелями, согласился сделать из простой официантки королеву эстрады. Для этого они выбрали Вики — общую знакомую официантку, девушку красивую и амбициозную. Эксперимент резко пошел в гору, девушка буквально захватила сердца зрителей и даже умудрилась заключить контракт с Голливудом, но внезапная смерть от руки неизвестного убийцы прервала ее жизнь. Полиция сразу заподозрила в этом преступлении Фрэнки, которого девушка не пожелала видеть рядом собой в Голливуде, и теперь парню предстоит доказать что он не совершал убийства, хотя все обстоятельства указывают на него…
Moon Over Her Shoulder
Grover Sloan
Marriage counselor advises his bored wife to take up painting through which she meets a hubbie-rival yachtsman.
Ice-Capades
Pete Ellis
Bob Clemens is a cameraman for newsreels. Assigned to shoot the Swiss ice skater Karen Vadja, he arrives too late, so decides to film a woman skating on a different New York rink and pass her off as Karen. The scheme backfires when promoter Larry Herman takes a look at Bob's film and decides to make the skater a star. Unfortunately, it's actually amateur (and illegal immigrant) Marie Bergin in the newsreel footage, not the great figure skater from Switzerland. Chaos ensues as Bob tries to straighten everybody out.
French Fried Patootie
Alan tries to keep his wife from meeting an old flame of his.
The Cowboy and the Blonde
Phineas Johnson
A western rodeo rider is cast in a starring role in a new Hollywood film, but his temperamental and spoiled leading lady proves difficult to tame.
Это неопределенное чувство
Doctor Vengard
Молодая женщина, миссис Джил Бейкер, страдающая от приступов внезапной икоты, вынуждена обратиться к психоаналитику, который наводит ее на мысль, что основная причина - не слишком удачный брак. В ожидании очередного сеанса у врача она знакомится в приемной с пианистом, который кажется ей намного более увлекательной и творческой личностью, чем скучный страховой агент муж...
Леди Гамильтон
Sir William Hamilton
Познакомившись с послом Британии в Неаполе лордом Гамильтоном, Эмма вскоре становится его женой. Он немолод, но знатен, её внешность и манеры великолепны, но прошлое не безупречно. Каждый получил, на что рассчитывал, но счастья не было. На одном из светских приёмов Эмма знакомится с Нельсоном. Вспыхнувшая страсть была так сильна, что супруг счёл за благо просто не замечать происходящего. Оставаясь формально в браке, Эмма и Нельсон фактически жили как муж и жена вплоть до его трагической гибели в триумфальной битве при Трафальгаре…
Footlight Fever
Don Avery
Alan Mowbray and Donald MacBride reprise their roles in "Curtain Call" as theatrical producers Donald Avery and Geoffrey 'Jeff' Crandall. This time they try to con a millionairess into funding their latest show by posing as old friends of her lost love.
The Quarterback
Professor Hobbs
A comedy featuring Morris in a dual role as a dumb twin and a star football player, and a smart twin studying to become a college professor. They both are smitten with Kay Merrill as well. Of course, gamblers are also involved.
The Villain Still Pursued Her
Silas Cribbs
Victorian melodrama gets a big send-up in this spoof production of the old play "The Drunkard; or, The Fallen Saved." The play within the movie is the old one where evil villain Cribbs schemes to get his lusty clutches on the heroine by driving her naive husband to alcoholic ruin. Luckily, a temperance lecturer is on hand to set things straight, as is the great Buster Keaton as the drunkard's friend.
The Boys from Syracuse
Angelo
The action takes place in Ephesus in ancient Asia Minor, and the concerns The efforts of two boys from Syracuse, Anthipholus and his servant Dromio, to find their long-lost twins who, for reason of plot confusion, are also named Anthipholus and Dromio. Complications arise when the wife of the Ephesians, Adriana and her servant Luce, mistake the two strangers for their husband, though the couples eventually get sorted out after Adriana's sister Luciana and the Syracuse Antipholus admit their love
Scatterbrain
J.R. Russell
A Hollywood studio goofs and signs the wrong girl--a hillbilly from the Ozarks--to a movie contract. Comedy.
Curtain Call
Donald Avery
Two theatrical producers plan to get even with a demanding actress by tricking her into starring in the worst play they can find.
Музыка в сердце моём
Charles Spencer Gardner III
Они познакомились «по-американки» нелепо и случайно - все произошло во время ДТП, когда их такси зацепились бамперами друг за друга. «Их глаза встретились, и искра любви зажгла великое чувство». Он оказался Робертом Григорьевым - певцом из Европы, делающим карьеру в США, а она - Патрисией О'Молли, вокалисткой Бродвейского шоу, накануне помолвленной с миллионером Чарльзом Гарднером. Их бурный роман ожидают большие неприятности вплоть до высылки героя из страны, но судьба благоволит к влюбленным. Роберт делает головокружительную карьеру на радио. Его лучшую песню слушает и поет вся Америка, его ожидают многомиллионные контракты, но самое главное в этой истории, что его любимая девушка будет всегда рядом с ним.
The Llano Kid
John Travers
Lora Travers is the only person who can identify hold-up artist The Llano Kid and she persuades him to come in on a scheme with her and her husband. They have been searching for the long-lost son of a rich Mexican widow and they get the Kid to claim it is him. All goes according to plan until greed and jealousy raise their heads.
Way Down South
Jacques Bouton
In the pre-Civil War South, a plantation owner dies and leaves all his possessions, including his slaves, to his young son. While the deceased treated his slaves decently, his corrupt executor abuses them unmercifully, beating them without provocation, and he is planning to sell off the father'e estate--including the slaves--at the earliest opportunity so he and his mistress can steal the money and move to France. The young boy doesn't want to sell his father's estate or break up an of the slave families, and he has to find someone to help him thwart the crooked executor's plans.
Никогда не отчаивайся
le Prince Smirnov
Миллионер ипохондрик Джон Кидли приезжает лечиться в небольшое альпийское местечко. Но и тут его находит охотница за миллионами миссис Марко и вынуждает дать обещание жениться на ней. Доктор, по ошибке, выносит ему смертельный диагноз – Джону осталось жить всего месяц, вообщем хуже некуда. Все меняется, когда он встречает очаровательную Микки Хоукинс...
Topper Takes a Trip
Wilkins - Topper's Butler
Mrs Topper's friend Mrs Parkhurst has convinced Mrs topper, to file for a divorce from Cosmo, due to the strange circumstances of his trip with ghost Marion Kirby. Marion comes back from heaven's door to help Cosmo again, this time only with dog Mr. Atlas. Due to a strange behavior of Cosmo, the judge refuses to divorce them, so Mrs Parkhurst takes Mrs Topper on a trip to France, where she tries to arrange the final reasons for the divorce, with help of a gold-digging French baron, Marion takes Cosmo to the same hotel, to bring them back together and to get her own final ticket to heaven, but the whole thing turns out to be not too easy.
There Goes My Heart
Penny E. Pennypepper
An heiress takes a job as a department store clerk.
Весело мы живем
Grosvenor
Дворецкий Батлер Гросвенор обнаруживает за завтраком, что фамильное серебро украдено бродягой, которого хозяйка Эмили Килборн приняла под свое крыло в качестве шофера, в своей последней попытке реформы пригреть и обласкать опустившихся бродяг, создавая этим много напряжения среди остальных членов семьи. Обиженная Эмили клянется больше не принимать участия в облагораживании «павших на дно» к вящей радости своего мужа и взрослых детей, однако позже в их дверь стучится очередной «бродяга» Уэйд Ролинс, который на самом деле является писателем. У него сломался автомобиль и он постучался, что бы позвонить. Его затрапезный вид ввел в заблуждение и дворецкого, и дочерей хозяйки Джерри и Марион и саму хозяйку.
Hollywood Hotel
Alexander Duprey
After losing a coveted role in an upcoming film to another actress, screen queen Mona Marshall (Lola Lane) protests by refusing to appear at her current movie's premiere. Her agent discovers struggling actress Virginia Stanton (Rosemary Lane) -- an exact match for Mona -- and sends her to the premiere instead, with young musician Ronnie Bowers (Dick Powell). After various mishaps, including a case of mistaken identity, Ronnie and Virginia struggle to find success in Hollywood.
Фабрика грез
Koslofski
Аттербари Додд - лучший бухгалтер на Уолл Стрит. Однажды он вступает в полемику с 70-летним главой компании по поводу решения учредителей продать убыточную студию "Колоссо фильм" за 5 миллионов долларов. Молодой бухгалтер считает, что студия стоит как минимум 10 миллионов и вся история с продажей - это подозрительная фальсификация. Хозяин, выслушав, с доводами Додда соглашается и отправляет его на "фабрику грез" разобраться во всем. Голливуд сразу облетает весть о новом управляющем из Нью-Йорка, который сует свой нос во все дела съемочного процесса. Новоиспеченный босс узнает много нового о том, что происходит за фасадом студии. Он понимает, что бизнес и последнюю картину "Секс и Сатана", на которую сделана главная ставка в этой игре, можно спасти только при помощи сомнительной пары союзников в лице циничного, любящего выпить, но доброго продюсера Дуга Куинтэйна и Лестер Плам - сексуальной кинодублерши многих Голливудских кинозвезд...
Music for Madame
Leon Rodowsky
An Italian immigrant singer, Nino, hoping to succeed in Hollywood, falls in with a gang of crooks who use his talent to distract everyone at a party while they steal the jewels.
Vogues of 1938
Henry Morgan
An early Technicolor musical that concentrates on the fashions of the late 1930s, this film was reissued under the title All This and Glamour Too. The top models of the era, including several who are advertising household products, are in the cast. The plot centers around a chic boutique, whose owner, George Curson (Warner Baxter), tries hard to please his customers while keeping peace with his unhappy wife. A wealthy young woman, Wendy Van Klettering (Joan Bennett), decides to take a job as a model at the fashion house, just to amuse herself, but her presence annoys Curson, who must put together the best possible show to compete with rival fashion houses at the Seven Arts Ball. The film includes several hit songs, including the Oscar-nominated "That Old Feeling" by Sammy Fain and Lew Brown.
Топпер
Wilkins
Сумасбродная пара Джордж и Мэрион Керби гибнут в автомобильной аварии. Они не сразу понимают, что застряли между небом и землей и стали призраками, а когда приходит это осознание они не представляют, что с этим делать. К счастью, им приходит спасительная мысль начать творить добро,....
Marry the Girl
Dr. Stryker
Frantic screwball comedy about a meek personal assistant (Frank McHugh) who is promoted to managing editor of a newspaper features syndicate that is owned by and staffed with cuckoos.
As Good as Married
Wally
When a boss proposes marriage to his secretary, she discovers that the arrangement is solely for tax purposes.
The King and the Chorus Girl
Donald Taylor
A destitute, bored monarch falls in love with a chorus girl.
On the Avenue
Frederick Sims
A new Broadway show starring Gary Blake shamelessly lampoons the rich Carraway family. To get her own back, daughter Mimi sets out to ensnare Blake, but the courtship is soon for real, to the annoyance of his co-star, hoofing chanteuese Mona Merrick.
Breakdowns of 1937
Himself
Warner Brothers bloopers of 1937.
Rainbow on the River
Ralph Layton
A young boy is forced to leave his family in the South and move in with relatives he doesn't know in New York.
Four Days Wonder
Archibald Fenton
Jeanne Dante stars as precocious 13-year-old Judy Widdell, a devoted fan of dime-novel detective stories. When a real murder occurs in the vicinity, Judy insists upon playing sleuth, dragging teenaged astronomer Tom Fenton (Kenneth Howell) into her Sherlock shenanigans.
Ladies In Love
Paul Sandor
Three young women in Budapest share living quarters while searching for romance.
Мой слуга Годфри
Tommy Gray
Во время Великой Депрессии некая игра заносит богатую, избалованную, но очаровательную Айрин Буллок, а также ее стервозную сестру Корнелию к городской свалке, где они встречают бездомного Годфри. Встреча заканчивается тем, что Айрин нанимает его дворецким. Работая у нее, он выясняет, что Буллоки — воплощение праздных, своенравных и избалованных богачей. Вскоре Айрин влюбляется в своего «протеже», однако он чувствует, что роман между слугой и хозяйкой невозможен, независимо от таинственного прошлого Годфри…
Mary of Scotland
Throckmorton
The recently widowed Mary Stuart returns to Scotland to reclaim her throne but is opposed by her half-brother and her own Scottish lords.
Fatal Lady
Uberto Malla
On her debut as an opera star, Marion Stuart is interrogated and possibly implicated in the death of a male acquaintance. Released, although thoroughly shaken-up, Marion attempts to perform but loses her voice onstage. Humiliated, but driven to sing, she travels to South America under the assumed name of Maria Delasano, and works in an opera company under the tutelage of Feodor Glinka, who wants her to shun men and save herself for her art. Mary resists the persistent attentions of wealthy young Phil Roberts, who follows the company in hopes of marrying her. ...
The Case Against Mrs. Ames
Lawrence Waterson
An attorney falls for the woman he's representing on a murder charge.
Желание
Dr. Maurice Pauquet
Мадлен де Бюпре «вытягивает» у торговца камнями бесценную нитку жемчуга и бежит из Парижа, впутав в это дело психиатра. На огромной скорости она мчится на машине к испанской границе и чуть не сбивает Тома Брэдли, молодого американского инженера, находящегося в отпуске. Его она использует как ничего не подозревающего соучастника для контрабандного вывоза жемчуга из страны. Успешно пройдя испанскую таможню, он уезжает вместе с ней от следующей по пятам погони. Отношения перерастают в любовь — с многочисленными осложнениями и комичными ситуациями.
Песня о любви
Forcellini
Молодая одаренная оперная певица Мария Северелли — воспитанница известного композитора Марчелло Бонелли. В деревенской церкви девушке случайно встречается местный рыбак Антонио Белицца. Он пришел в храм отнюдь не на службу — парень там прячется от полицейских. Герои мюзикла «Песня о любви» очарованы друг другом, и Мария решает составить дуэт с обладателем столь приятного голоса.
Muss 'em Up
Paul Harding
Famous private detective Tip O'Neil is summoned by telegram to the estate of old friend Paul Harding, but finds the telegram was sent by Paul's attractive secretary, Amy Hutchins. Paul admits his dog was shot by extortionists to show they mean business, and shows Tip some threatening notes they sent. That night, Paul's ward, Corinne, is kidnapped by two gangsters and her driver is found dead the next morning. The kidnappers contact Tip demanding $200,000, which is delivered according to instructions. Awaiting the return of Corrine, Tip learns her fiancé, Gene Leland, is an ex-convict, and he also investigates why a thug, Maratti, was found prowling around the grounds, and why Paul's brother-in-law, Jim Glenray, was seen leaving the estate late the night before. And when the chauffeur is murdered with Amy's gun as he was about to confess some complicity, Tip has to piece together various clues to pinpoint the culprits.
Роз Мари
Premier
Монреаль. Канада. Лучшее сопрано оперной сцены Мари Де Флор умоляет канадского премьер-министра отпустить на свободу её младшего брата Джона Флауэра, осуждённого за ограбление банка. Неожиданно она узнаёт, что брат убил полицейского и сбежал из тюрьмы. Мари оставляет сцену и нанимает Бонифэйса, жуликоватого проводника, чтобы тот проводил её в дикие края на поиски беглеца. Но Бонифэйс обманывает Мари…
In Person
Jay Holmes
Carol Corliss, a beautiful movie star so insecure about her celebrity that she goes around in disguise, meets a rugged outdoorsman who is unaffected by her star status.
She Couldn't Take It
Alan Bartlett
The wealthy Van Dyke family are constantly in the media for outrageous behavior, much to the frustration of the patriarch, Dan Van Dyke. His self-centered wife has a fondness for foreign imports, including "pet projects" like dancers and such and his spoiled children Tony and Carol have constant run-ins with the law. When Dan himself ends up in the clink for five years for tax evasion, he becomes bunk-mates with ex-bootlegger Joe "Spots" Ricardi. Ricardi lectures him on being such a push-over for an out-of-control family, so a dying Dan makes Ricardi his estate trustee once he is released from prison. Ricardi is then thrust into high society and must do everything he once nagged Dan to do.
The Gay Deception
Lord Clewe
A wide-eyed working girl wins a $5,000 sweepstakes and plunges into the lush life of New York City, where she meets a bellboy who is more than he seems.
Lady Tubbs
Elyot Wembsleigh
A cook in a railroad construction camp inherits $500,000. She pretends to be English royalty and barges into the New York social scene.
Бекки Шарп
Rawdon Crawley
Бекки и Амелика - подруги еще со школы, первая - из небогатой семьи, вторая - из довольно состоятельной. Для Бекки такая дружба - шанс выбиться в люди, но как бы все ее старания не закончились плохо...
Night Life of the Gods
Hunter Hawk
A scientist named Hunter Hawk invents a device that can turn flesh to stone. While celebrating his discovery he becomes involved with a half naked leprechaun. On a trip to New York, Hunter and Meg (the leprechaun) decide to go to the Metropolitan Museum of Art and turn all of the Statues of Greek Gods into people. What follows in a drunken romp around New York with Medusa's severed head still in Perseus' hand.
Чарли Чен в Лондоне
Geoffrey Richmond
Получив поздравления от министра внутренних дел с раскрытием своего последнего дела, Чарли разыскивает Памелу Грей, красивую, но отчаявшуюся молодую светскую львицу, чей брат Пол ожидает казни за убийство изобретателя оружия. Она настолько убеждена в его невиновности, что обезумела, когда подслушала, как Нил Ховард, адвокат её брата и его невеста, признаются детективу в своей вере в вину клиента. Возмущённая этим разоблачением, она возвращает ему кольцо и разрывает помолвку. Хотя казнь состоится через 65 часов, Чарли клянётся разоблачить убийцу. Все потенциальные подозреваемые собираются в загородном особняке друга семьи Джеффри Ричмонда, где произошло убийство, поскольку Чарли пытается разоблачить настоящего убийцу до истечения времени.
Embarrassing Moments
Aheam
Jerry Randolph is an inveterate and obnoxious practical joker. Things take a serious turn when it looks as though Jerry's latest prank has resulted in the death of his best friend.
One More River
Forsythe
A young lady leaves her brutal husband and meets another man on board a ship.
The Girl from Missouri
Lord Douglas
Leaving Missouri to find a wealthy husband in New York City, Eadie Chapman becomes a chorus girl and soon entertains at the lavish home of millionaire Frank Cousins. Cousins proposes to Eadie, only to then commit suicide due to bankruptcy. Fellow millionaire T. R. Paige defends Eadie when the police question her for having Cousins' jewelry -- but when she becomes enamored with his son, Tom, Paige declares Eadie a gold digger.
Little Man, What Now?
Franz Schlüter
A young couple struggling against poverty must keep their marriage a secret in order for the husband to keep his job, as his boss doesn't like to hire married men.
Where Sinners Meet
Nicholas
A pair of lovers are secreting away to Paris for a quick divorce and marriage when they find themselves trapped in a "hotel" where they are forced to get to know each other better and reconsider their plans. They learn a lot about each other, and themselves.
Cheaters
Paul Southern
A criminal gang is after a rich man's money. A female member of the gang gets the bright idea of getting him to marry her, then getting a healthy settlement after a quick divorce.
Дом Ротшильдов
Prince Metternich
История финансовой империи Ротшильдов, начавшаяся с небольшой лавки и выросшая до участника финансирования разгрома Наполеона. Но это был трудный путь. В 1780 году во Франкфурте к лавке Ротшильдов идет сборщик налогов. Ротшильды прячут свои богатства, в том числе валюту, серебро и т. д. Налоговик требует 20 000 гульденов - это непомерная сумма, но соглашается на взятку в размере 5000. Однако удовлетворение Майера Ротшильда недолговечно: курьер, доставлявший ему 10 000 гульденов, был перехвачен, а деньги конфискованы налоговиками.
Long Lost Father
Sir Anthony "Tony" Gelding
A long-absent father is reunited with his daughter, who still holds a grudge that he had deserted his family years earlier.
Her Secret
Nils Norton
In "Her Secret" (aka "The Girl from Georgia" in the UK in 1934 when shown there)Johnny, the son of a rich-man, is an idling, good-for-nothing loafer, who leads a wild-and-hectic life, flunks out of college, and is disinherited and made to leave home by his father, who has given up on his on in despair. Johnny opens a gas-station in Arizona, where "Waffles,", a girl from Georgia, takes him in hand and employs her own methods of reformation with astonishing and fruitful results.
The World Changes
Sir Philip Ivor
Generational saga tracing the events in the lives of the midwest pioneering Nordholm family, as seen through the eyes of businessman Orin Nordholm Jr., who ages from a youth to an elderly grandfather.
Berkeley Square
Major Clinton
A young American man is transported back to London in the time of the American Revolution and meets his ancestors.
Voltaire
Count de Sarnac
Writer and philosopher Voltaire, loyal to his king, Louis XV of France, nonetheless writes scathingly of the king's disdain for the rights and needs of his people. Louis admires Voltaire, but is increasingly influenced against him by his minister, the Count de Sarnac.
Midnight Club
Arthur Bradley
With a sparkling script by Leslie Charteris, creator of "The Saint" - the latest crime wave has Scotland Yard baffled. Commissioner Hope (Sir Guy Standing) sends two of his officers (Billy Bevan and Charles McNaughton) to the Midnight Club to check up on a couple of shady characters - Colin Grant (Clive Brook) and Arthur Bradley (Allan Mowbray) and a girl, Iris Witney (Helen Vinson). There have been a number of jewel robberies around town recently, but, unknown to the police, these three have the perfect alibis!!! They have found "doubles", and while they are out committing the robberies, their doubles spend the night at the club, confusing the two officers who are on their tail.
Peg o' My Heart
Capt. Christopher 'Chris' Brent
Peg and her father live a simple life in an Irish fishing village. One day Sir Gerald arrives at the village to tell Pat that Peg is heir to estate of her grandfather, who hated Pat. The upshot of the will is that she must go to England for 3 years to learn to be a lady and that Pat can never see her again.
Этюд в багровых тонах
Lestrade
В Лондоне тайное общество во главе с адвокатом Таддеусом Мерридью собирает активы любого из своих умерших членов и делит их между оставшимися членами. Члены общества начинают падать как мухи. К Шерлоку Холмсу подходит вдова Джеймса Мерфи, которая недовольна тем, что ее муж оставил ее без гроша. Когда капитан Пайк застрелен, Холмс подключается к его загадочной китайской вдове, а также к тенистому Мерридью. Остальные участники продолжают умирать - сначала Малком Диринг, затем мистер Бейкер. Есть также покушение на жизнь юной Эйлин Форрестер, которая после смерти своего отца стала сопротивляться членству общества. Странные наблюдения и идеи Холмса подвергаются испытанию.
Скандал в Риме
Majordomo
Эдди, неудачник из района «Западный Рим», изгнан за границы города по распоряжению мэра и «почетного гражданина города» — банкира Уоррена Купера за то, что путался под ногами и мешал планам банкира по постройке городской тюрьмы на месте бедных кварталов. Выпровоженный за городскую границу, Эдди бредет под палящим солнцем и вскоре засыпает… Во сне он попадает в настоящий Рим, где царят такие же порядки и взяткодательство, как и в современном «Западном Риме».
Шерлок Холмс
Colonel Gore-King
Мориарти приговорён к смертной казни, а Шерлок Холмс готовится уехать в деревню и жениться на своей девушке. Но Мориарти поклялся, что Холмса, подполковника Гора-Кинга из Скотланд-Ярда, и судью на судебном разбирательстве тоже повесят. Когда Мориарти сбегает и начинает приводить свою угрозу в действие, Холмсу приходится отложить свою отставку.
Президент поневоле
George Washington (uncredited)
Теодор К. Блэр - успешный банкир, решивший попытать счастья в президентской кампании, которая, однако, начинается не очень успешно. Однопартийцы понимают, что Блэру недостает популярности и умения общаться с аудиторией и уже подумывают лишить его номинации. Но, как подарок судьбы, в этот момент на горизонте появляется абсолютный двойник Блэра – пройдоха Док Варни. Он настолько похож на Блэра, что ему удаётся обвести вокруг пальца даже подругу банкира - Фелисию Хаммонд. Блэр с однопартийцами решают использовать дарованный им шанс и предлагают Варни принять участие в предвыборной кампании вместо Блэра. Очень скоро, благодаря харизме Варни, забуксовавшая было предвыборная кампания вновь начинает набирать обороты и “Блэр” вырывается в лидеры. Но, по мере приближения выборов, заговорщики начинают ломать голову, что же им делать с Варни после того, как Блэр станет президентом...
Two Against the World
George 'Georgie' Walton
A socialite finds herself involved in a murder trial that is prosecuted by her boyfriend.
The Man Called Back
King's Counsel
Fresh from his success with the moody melodrama Murders in the Rue Morgue, director Robert Florey dashed off The Man Called Back at bargain-basement Tiffany Studios. The film is set in the tropics; Conrad Nagel tops the cast as a dissipated, derelict doctor, hopelessly in love with married socialite Doris Kenyon. Doris' insane husband John Halliday commits suicide, but arranges the evidence so that his wife will be charged with murder.
Победитель забирает все
Forbes, the etiquette teacher
Overworked boxer Jim goes to a health ranch in New Mexico to recover where he falls in love with Peggy and her sickly son. Once recovered, Jim leaves to return to the ring. Can their romance survive the distance?
Кража драгоценностей
Detective Fritz
Во время ограбления ювелирного магазина между главарём банды и посетительницей возникает симпатия. Пока все суетятся в поисках грабителей, сладкая парочка умудряется развить отношения до романтической влюблённости…
The Man from Yesterday
Dr. Waite
A woman whose husband never came home from World War I finds herself in love with her doctor. She travels with him to Switzerland, and as they check into the hotel there, she is astounded to see her supposedly dead husband.
Man About Town
Ivan Boris
In a plan to trap potential enemy spies in Washington, an American secret agent sets up a gambling house. He soon finds himself in a rivalry with his old friend the British ambassador over a beautiful Hungarian woman, and it leads to espionage, blackmail and murder.
The World and the Flesh
Dimitri
During the 1917 Russian revolution, a group of artistocrats find themselves in the custody of a brutal Communist revolutionary. He lusts after one of them, a ballerina, and gives her an ultimatum: give in to him or her friends will face the firing squad.
Hotel Continental
Walter Underwood
Scheduled for demolition, Hotel Continental has seen 50 years of romance, intrigue, and tragedy. The last night attracts many nostalgic patrons, including a gangster planning to grab the loot that he hid there many years ago.
The Silent Witness
Arthur Drinton
A London nobleman (Lionel Atwill) takes the blame and stands trial after his son strangles a lover (Greta Nissen).
Lovers Courageous
Lamone
A daydreaming dramatist and his beloved persevere through hard times in the hope that one of his plays will be a hit.
Nice Women
Mark Chandler
A mother tries to get her daughter to marry for money, but the daughter wants to marry for love.
Honor of the Family
Tony Revere
Intrigue and greed come between an immoral woman and the man who loves her. This film is believed lost.
Left Over Ladies
Jerry
Two married couples are involved in divorce proceedings; Patricia and Ronny, who are still in love with each other, and Jerry and Amy who couldn't care less for each other. Patricia's friendship with "Duchess," a tragic, aging lady well versed in making mistakes, leads her and Ronny to the avoidance of a mistake.
Alexander Hamilton
George Washington
The founding father has an extramarital affair and meets with the likes of Thomas Jefferson.
Guilty Hands
Gordon Rich
A district attorney commits the perfect murder when he kills his daughter's womanizing fiancé and then tries framing the fiancé's lover.
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 6: 'The Big Irons'
Mr. Mowbray (uncredited)
Bobby Jones gives a truant salesman some driving tips while his angry boss looks on.
The Man in Possession
Sir Charles Cartwright
A deeply in debt heiress tries to land a rich man while a collector from the Sheriff's office is guarding the assets in her house.
God's Gift to Women
Auguste, Toto's Butler
A notorious womanizer sets his sights on a pretty American tourist, only to be told by his doctor that he must give up all romance for his health.